The Everything Start Your Own Business Book: A step-by-step guide to starting, managing, and building a profitable business

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Simon and Schuster, May 18, 2010 - Business & Economics - 320 pages
You have a great idea for a new business. Or maybe you're ready to leave your company and branch out on your own. But where do you begin? Let successful business owner Judy Harrington show you the way! With her straightforward, no-nonsense advice, you can make sure your business succeeds and flourishes. Completely revised and updated, this one-stop resource contains important information on:
  • Using the latest online marketing tools, including webinars and social media
  • Starting a green business and making any business "greener"
  • Avoiding regulatory pitfalls as you start and grow your company
  • Taking advantage of competitive concepts such as leased employees
  • The latest payroll and tax collection responsibilities
  • Gaining valuable experience by volunteering

The Everything Start Your Own Business Book, 3rd Edition has everything you need to start your own business--and everything you need to keep it running in the black as well. And the accompanying CD is loaded with business-plan examples, useful lists, sample letters, and important forms. This complete package contains everything budding entrepreneurs need to get started--and succeed!
 

Contents

Things Youll Learn from This Book
Introduction
Ready Set
Choosing a Business
When Opportunity Knocks
Researching the Market
Structuring Your Business
Crafting a Business Plan
Locating Your Business
Furnishings and Equipment
Getting Online
Selling Online
Product and Services Management
Marketing YourWay to Success Chapter 17 Networking
Choose Well Manage Well
Consulting

Get Your Capital Act Together
Putting a Financing Plan in Place
Regulations and Legal Matters
Your Tax Obligations
Copyright

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About the author (2010)

Judith B. Harrington lives in Newton, Massachusetts and is the president of Print Management Commercial Printing Brokers, a company she cofounded in 1987. Prior to launching this business, she was the communications director of for-profit and not-for-profit businesses alike. As Corporate Communications Director for Woodside Management Systems, Inc., she oversaw the marketing and communications strategy for positioning leading local commercial travel agencies with the power of 200 offices in 22 countries and $2 billion in revenues.

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