Download or read book The McGraw Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business written by Stephen C. Harper and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling first edition of The McGraw-Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business sold more than 75,000 copies, and took the reader step-by-step through the entire process of starting a new venture. This completely revised second edition once again shows entrepreneurs the keys to determining the best business opportunities, creating a business plan, and formulating a winning marketing strategy. In addition, it now profiles alternative sources of funding from SBA loans to angel investors and provides valuable do's and don'ts from over one hundred entrepreneurs.
Download or read book Small Business Management written by William L. Megginson and published by . This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The McGraw Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business written by Stephen C. Harper and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition covers the Internet and alternative sources of funding that have developed since the first edition was published. The examples given are updated, legal issues are revised and financial statements reflect 21st-century figures.
Download or read book How to Write a com Business Plan written by Joanne Eglash and published by McGraw-Hill Trade. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tech entrepreneur shows how to write and pitch a .com business plan geared to the special needs, opportunities, and demands of online businesses. By following two fictional examples--PetFreud.com and mompower.com--readers can ensure they're covering every possible angle as they create their own business plan.
Download or read book Never Too Old to Get Rich written by Kerry E. Hannon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start a successful business mid-life When you think of someone launching a start-up, the image of a twenty-something techie probably springs to mind. However, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers are just as likely to start businesses and reinvent themselves later in life. Never Too Old to Get Rich is an exciting roadmap for anyone age 50+ looking to be their own boss and launch their dream business. This book provides up-to-date resources and guidance for launching a business when you're 50+. There are snappy profiles of more than a dozen successful older entrepreneurs, describing their inspirational journeys launching businesses and nonprofits, followed by Q&A conversations, and pull-out boxes containing action steps. The author walks you through her three-part fitness program: guidelines for becoming financially fit, physically fit, and spiritually fit, before delving more deeply into how would-be entrepreneurs over 50 can succeed. • Describes how you can find capital to start your own business • Offers encouraging stories of real people who have become their own bosses and succeeded as entrepreneurs • Written by PBS Next Avenue’s entrepreneur expert, Kerry Hannon • Teaches you how to start your own business Never Too Old to Get Rich is the ideal book for older readers looking to pursue new business ventures later in life.
Download or read book Start Your Own Home Business After 50 written by Robert W. Bly and published by Quill Driver Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers information to retirees on using their retirement income to build a profitable at home business.
Download or read book Business Plans that Work A Guide for Small Business 2 E written by Andrew Zacharakis and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn your great idea into BIG PROFITS with a powerful, persuasive business plan! With any endeavor, good planning is the key to good results—especially in the launch of a new business or product. Business Plans That Work gives you an easy-to-follow template for conceptualizing, writing, focusing, and revising a business plan that converts your business idea into financial profit. A virtual blueprint for entrepreneurial success, this new edition of the popular entrepreneur’s guide provides all the tools you need to communicate the value of your idea to investors and attract key talent, and create a plan you can turn to throughout the entire process of starting and running a business. You’ll learn how to: Determine what to include in each plan, why, and for whom Secure the capital you need to get the project off the ground Assess opportunities and risks involved in your project Avoid common pitfalls that cost money, time, and effort With Business Plans That Work, you have everything you need to create winning strategies for development, sales, marketing, operations, distribution, and everything else successful ventures are founded on.
Download or read book Glencoe Entrepreneurship Building a Business Student Edition written by McGraw-Hill and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneurship: Building a Business teaches students the business and academic skills they need to build and manage a successful 21st century business. The text focuses on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, recognizing opportunities, determining the feasibility of a business idea, conducting market research, managing marketing strategies, and more. The 2016 copyright adds content on online advertising, social media marketing strategies, and crowdfunding. By the time students finish studying the book, they will have thought through every aspect of a comprehensive business plan. Features and activities found throughout the text help students to prepare for their futures and better understand the many factors affecting business success. Includes Print Student Edition
Download or read book Building a Dream written by Walter S. Good and published by . This book was released on 2008-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good is recognized as a market leading text that offers a practical, "how to" approach to guiding students and potential small business entrepreneurs through the conceptual stages involved in setting up a business of their own. It is all about builiding the essential business plan, with many templates, forms, checklists, sample pland and real-life Canadian examples making it the most hands-on text available Good offers a strong supplement package, including an Instructor's Resource CD with an IM and PPT slides, Canadian videos offering additional practical examples/cases, and a robust OLC that will be expanded to include self-assessment exercises currently within the text in an interactive format.
Download or read book From Idea to Success The Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network Guide for Start Ups written by Gregg Fairbrothers and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn Your Great Idea into a Thriving Business! “A guide that sets first-time entrepreneurs’ feet in the right direction.” Geoffrey Moore, author, Crossing the Chasm “There are many books on entrepreneurship, but this is one of the few that will convert individuals to entrepreneurs.” Desh Deshpande, founder, Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, MIT; chairman, A123 Systems; cochair, National Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship About the Book: Are you among the many Americans who dream of starting a business but think you don’t know how? Help has arrived . . . For generations, Dartmouth College and the Tuck School of Business have influenced and driven global entrepreneurship. Dartmouth firsts include the world petroleum industry, technological breakthroughs like artificial intelligence and BASIC computer language, as well as popular products, such as the Nerf football and the game Crainium. Today a key resource for the Dartmouth Community is the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN), which helps anyone from undergraduates to faculty to alumni get their ideas off the ground and into the marketplace. In From Idea to Success, entrepreneur, professor, and DEN founder Gregg Fairbrothers takes you step by proven step through the DEN approach, showing you how to apply the same principles to make your vision a reality. If you have an idea—any idea—from major technology innovations, to consumer products or services, to social enterprises, From Idea to Success shows you how to bring it to fruition. This A to Z guide based on the startup experiences of literally hundreds of entrepreneurs makes the process simple as possible by breaking it down into three distinct parts: Step 1: Focusing and Refining Your Idea Define your goals, pinpoint your market, protect your idea, manage the risks in your undertaking Step 2: Business Planning Best Practices Create a business plan, build your team, learn about the competition, raise finances, get the important legal issues right the first time Step 3: Managing Your Company Build your negotiating, selling, and decision-making skills; manage your finances; correct your course; manage the transition to a healthy, growing business Building a vibrant company based on your own creativity and hard work is one of the most fulfilling human enterprises there is. With this book and your own experience you can think and act like a successful entrepreneur from the very start.
Download or read book Start Your Own Tutoring and Test Prep Business Your Step by Step Guide to Success written by Rich Mintzer and published by Entrepreneur Press. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to start a one-on-one tutoring business from home, an online-based education support program, or manage your own learning facility, our experts cover everything you need to know to launch a business to change lives through education. Learn business basics including how to choose your niche, secure financing, legally establish your business, manage day-to-day operations, and more.
Download or read book The McGraw Hill Pocket Guide to Business Finance written by Joel G. Siegel and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1992 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses financial tools and their uses, including trend analysis, sales mix analysis, and safety stock
Download or read book Start Your Own Coaching Business written by Entrepreneur Press and published by Entrepreneur Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The $100 billion coaching industry has exploded since the 1990s, as harried businesspeople turn to experts to help them make the right decisions and get motivated. And while there are many books on the market teaching the basics of starting a coaching business, this book covers three unique coaching arenas—motivation, life and business. Readers will learn how to master the two separate disciplines of a successful coaching business: the art of motivating clients and the science of running a successful business. They’ll discover how to establish their expertise to find new clients—and how to retain those clients. Smart pricing strategies and creative coaching package ideas will increase entrepreneurs’ revenue potential. Sales and publicity tips will further help entrepreneurs build their business as a motivational, life or business coach, and in-depth explanations of expansion ideas are included to allow readers to go as far as their dreams will take them.
Download or read book Start Your Own Wholesale Distribution Business written by Bridget McCrea and published by Entrepreneur Press. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like making deals and money but don’t care for the daily grind? Then consider becoming a middleman—the wholesaler—who buys goods from the manufacturer and sells them to retailers for a profit. With millions of products on the market already and new ones coming every day, the wholesale economy has plenty of room for growth. This easy-to-read guide covers locating manufacturers and retailers, securing product exclusives, and identifying prime locations for wholesale distributorship. With insider secrets for beating the competition and step-by-step instruction on how to start making money today, this fully revised third edition also covers he Internet’s growing role in distribution, effective strategies for dealing with shrinking profit margins, and specific product lines to focus on for maximum success.
Download or read book How To Start A Business in New Jersey written by Entrepreneur Press and published by Entrepreneur Press. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SmartStart Your Business Today! How to Start a Business in New Jersey is your road map to avoiding operational, legal and financial pitfalls and breaking through the bureaucratic red tape that often entangles new entrepreneurs. This all-in-one resource goes a step beyond other business how-to books to give you a jump-start on planning for your business. It provides you with: Valuable state-specific sample forms and letters on CD-ROM Mailing addresses, telephone numbers and websites for the federal, state, local and private agencies that will help get your business up and running State population statistics, income and consumption rates, major industry trends and overall business incentives to give you a better picture of doing business in New Jersey Checklists, sample forms and a complete sample business plan to assist you with numerous startup details State-specific information on issues like choosing a legal form, selecting a business name, obtaining licenses and permits, registering to pay taxes and knowing your employer responsibilities Federal and state options for financing your new venture Resources, cost information, statistics and regulations have all been updated. That, plus a new easier-to-use layout putting all the state-specific information in one block of chapters, make this your must-have guide to getting your business off the ground.
Download or read book 203 Home Based Businesses That Will Make You Rich written by Tyler Gregory Hicks and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete guide to financing and running a fabulously successful home-based business.
Download or read book Start Your Own Car Wash written by Entrepreneur Press and published by Entrepreneur Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start generating cash by the carload! Americans love their cars. They spend billions of dollars to maintain them-and this tender-loving care includes having them washed regularly. One result has been a tremendous boom in the car wash industry. With no inventory and no costly labor, a car wash can be one of the most stable and profitable small businesses you can run. But you'll need more than soap and sponges; you'll need the knowledge and experience of Entrepreneur magazine's top business experts' distilled into this handy guide. Start Your Own Car Wash walks you through the four different types of car washes and points out the advantages and disadvantages of each. This guide also provides expert advice on equipment, day-to-day operations, advertising, and getting the required permits. You also learn the basics of starting and running a business-everything from doing market research, choosing a location, and financing your business to buying equipment, finding customers and hiring employees. This could be your ticket to the top. Buy this book, and get started today!
