The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting Your Own BusinessNow with a CD-ROM! Newly revised for the ever-changing world of business, this book offers stress-free guidence for anyone who wants to turn a good idea into a good living. This edition also includes a CD-ROM featuring commonly requested forms and documents essential to business start-ups. € Completely revised and updated edition of this top-selling title € CD-ROM included, featuring commonly requested forms and documents € Nearly 1.5 million new businesses are formed in the U.S. each year, most of which are "small businesses" € One in 12 Americans will start his or her own business at some point, according to the Jan./Feb. 03 issue of The Atlantic Monthly |
Contents
Your Business Starts with You 3 | xxii |
Business Planning Basics | 19 |
Preparing Your Business Plan | 33 |
Methods of Funding | 47 |
Matching Your Plan to a Legal Structure | 69 |
Important Corporation Realities | 89 |
Working at Home or Away | 105 |
Writing a Great Plan | 117 |
Payroll Taxes | 213 |
State and Federal Unemployment Taxes | 220 |
Making Sure Youre Making It | 223 |
Running a Healthy Business | 243 |
Making Credit Card Sales Work | 259 |
Collecting Customer Debts | 271 |
Business Banker Realities | 287 |
Automate from the Start | 299 |
Learning from Your Competitors | 131 |
Smart Marketing | 145 |
For Your Plan | 160 |
The Money Funnel | 163 |
Production Planning That Gets Results | 181 |
Lions and Tigers and Employees Oh My | 193 |
Making Great Use of the Internet | 313 |
Appendixes | 329 |
B Resources | 365 |
business | 371 |
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Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Business Concepts for Healthcare Providers: A Quick Reference for Midwives ... Joan Slager No preview available - 2004 |