Small Business For Dummies: Fourth Edition - Softcover

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Eric Tyson has been featured on and quoted in hundreds of media outlets, including Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Forbes. Jim Schell is the resident entrepreneur for Small Business School, a weekly television program for PBS and Voice of America.

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The leading resource for starting and running any smallbusiness

Want to start a small business — or energize the one youalready have? This practical, no-nonsense guide gives you expertadvice on everything from generating ideas and locating start-upmoney to hiring the right people, balancing the books, and planningfor growth.

• Start from scratch — overturn all the stones of a typicalsmall business start-up, from choosing the right niche for you towriting a business plan to creating the right legal framework

• If you buy it, will they come? — evaluate an existingbusiness, determine a price, and know what to do after the sale iscomplete

• Get your motor runnin' — discover how to solve the mostcompellingproblems facing small businesses, from sales creation andmarketing to operational issues (and everything in between)

• Stay in business — delve into the day-to-day issues you'llface as your business grows, like hiring and maintaining employees,tax laws, and government regulations

"No one should try to start a business without this book."
—Hattie Bryant, creator of the PBS series SmallBusiness 2000

"Eric Tyson continues his never-ending quest to help people gaineconomic self-sufficiency and freedom."
—Jim Collins, coauthor of Built to Last andauthor of Good to Great

Learn to:

• Keep your business "in business" for the long haul

• Implement the latest in financing, hiring, health plans, andmore

• Utilize the latest technology and social media sites in yoursmall business

Open the book and find:

• Advice on gauging whetherentrepreneurship is for you

• Tips on personal money management

• Ways to successfully start or rejuvenate your small business

• How to write a strategic business plan

• Guidance on locating financing

• The advantages of buying an existing business

• Plain-English explanations of legal and tax issues

• Time-tested problem-solving tips