A five-year bestseller, now revised and dated for ambitious entrepreneurs who want to succeed in the '90s. Practical advice on choosing a business, start-ups, staffing, operation, and more, with plenty of real-life examples.
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A five-year bestseller, now revised and dated for ambitious entrepreneurs who want to succeed in the '90s. Practical advice on choosing a business, start-ups, staffing, operation, and more, with plenty of real-life examples.
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A five-year bestseller, now revised and dated for ambitious entrepreneurs who want to succeed in the '90s. Practical advice on choosing a business, start-ups, staffing, operation, and more, with plenty of real-life examples.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
New edition fully updated,
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This review is from: 101 Best Businesses to Start: The Essential Sourcebook of Success Stories, Practical Advice, and the Hottest Ideas (Paperback)
I saw that the first two reviews listed here are for the old edition of this book! The new edition, just released last month, is completely updated. Here are just some examples covering virtually every established and emerging field, including the Internet: Internet marketing, designing web pages, ecotourism, gourmet food shop or producer, take-out restaurateur, adult day services provider, play gym operator, home health care provider, personal chef, dating service provider, B&B innkeeper, craft wholesaler, "whodunit" producer, party planner, and the list goes on and on. Each entry gives a complete behind the scenes look and relays success stories from real entrepreneurs, with verbatim comments and must-know secrets about every aspect of running the business. The introductory chapter gives you all the nuts and bolts information about how to succeed as an entrepreneur with topics like the positive character traits of entrepreneurs, and info about generating capital, business plans, finding lawyers and bookkeepers and bankers, marketing, working from home, finding and keeping employees, and more.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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Published in 1992, this book is outdated.,
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This review is from: 101 Best Businesses to Start: The Essential Sourcebook of Success Stories, Practical Advice, and the Hottest Ideas (Paperback)
While the author has some good ideas for start-up businesses, she is behind the times. Keep in mind it was most recently published 6 years ago. Read it to get ideas, but don't count on it to reflect current trends. According to the author, typing, word processing, old school computer languages, and pagers are all in hot demand.
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Great book for ideas, good insight to businesses,
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This review is from: 101 Best Businesses to Start: The Essential Sourcebook of Success Stories, Practical Advice, and the Hottest Ideas (Paperback)
This book has some great summaries, about 6 pages in length each for a variety of businesses. Discussions center around best-case scenarios and the author offers bits of interviews from those successful owners and how you can apply it to starting your business. A suprisingly realistic view of quite a few different business options.I really would like to see an updated version of this book since it was published in 2000 and the market has changed for many small businesses.
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Perhaps most important, you also must love your company. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
breakeven time, turnkey offices, relocation consultant, adult day services, soup restaurants, soft skills training, medical transcription, book packagers, wedding consultant, personal chef, redemption centers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, New Jersey, Yellow Pages, Daily Soup, Larry Latham, San Francisco, Joe Peep, The Lawsmiths, Tidy Car, Los Angeles, Dick Dewees, Playful Parenting, Precision Tune, City Design, Kron Medical, Tom West, Barbara Hildenbrand, Bill Campbell, Capital Wrapps, Destination Direct, Gary Penrod, Greater Seacoast, Jane Booras, Jay Treadwell New!
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Perhaps most important, you also must love your company. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
breakeven time, turnkey offices, relocation consultant, adult day services, soup restaurants, soft skills training, medical transcription, book packagers, wedding consultant, personal chef, redemption centers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, New Jersey, Yellow Pages, Daily Soup, Larry Latham, San Francisco, Joe Peep, The Lawsmiths, Tidy Car, Los Angeles, Dick Dewees, Playful Parenting, Precision Tune, City Design, Kron Medical, Tom West, Barbara Hildenbrand, Bill Campbell, Capital Wrapps, Destination Direct, Gary Penrod, Greater Seacoast, Jane Booras, Jay Treadwell New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Occupational Outlook Handbook by U S Dept of Labor on page 507, and page 513
- Occupational Outlook Handbook 2002-2003 (Occupational Outlook Handbook (Jist Works)) by Us Department of Labor on page 507, and page 513
- Occupational Outlook Handbook 1992-93 on page 507, and page 513
- Reinventing the Corporation by John Naisbitt on page 82
- Franchise Opportunities Guide (Summer 1990) by International Franchise Association on page 413
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- How to Write a Business Plan by Mike P. McKeever on page 155
- The Upstart Guide to Buying, Valuing and Selling Your Business by Scott Gabehart on page 2
- Follow your dreams: Eight steps for turning your dreams into reality by Conway on page 143
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