The Adams Businesses You Can Start Almanac [Paperback]

Katina Jones (Author)

Book Description

Series: Adams Businesses You Can Start Almanac | Publication Date: August 1997

. 500 Businesses You Can Start!

There has never been a more exciting time to start your own business! Whether you are a previously employed manager or are re-entering the job market, just starting your career, or looking to earn some extra cash on the side, you can enjoy the personal and financial benefits of owning and operating a business of your own.

With 500 different business opportunities to choose from, the Adams Businesses You Can Start Almanac is the detailed reference source you need to discover the business that's right for you.

Each entry features:
* A complete description of the business
* Start-Up and hidden costs
* Potential earnings
* Pitfalls and benefits
* All the necessary qualifications and equipment needed
* Marketing tips for the best ways to advertise your new business

This invaluable new book contains everything you'll need to get your ideas off the ground. Packed with advice and money-saving tips from other successful entrepreneurs, it will solidly prepare you to enter one of the most exciting career opportunities you'll ever have-being your own boss!

Included in Adams Businesses You Can Start Almanac:
* Legal Issues for Small Businesses
* Putting Together a Solid Business Plan
* Words of Advice from the Experts

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Katina Jones is the author of several books, including Dealing with Difficult People. An entrepreneur herself, she is the founder of Going Places Resume Service.

Product Details

• Paperback: 643 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation; 1st edition (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558506020
• ISBN-13: 978-1558506022
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,793,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Katina Z. Jones is the award-winning author of books on a variety of business and lifestyle topics, including Small Business Savvy: A Woman's Guide to Building A Business (co-written with Norma Rist); The Everything Feng Shui Decluttering Book; The Everything Get Ready For Baby Book (now in its second edition); and I Do: Achieving Your Dream Wedding (co-written with singer Jessica Simpson). Katina collaborated on The Total Cancer Wellness Guide: Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis with Kim Thiboldeaux and Mitch Golant, which won USABookNews' National Best Book of 2007 award in the Health category. She lives in Ohio with her family and a menagerie of dogs and cats, and is currently working on her first biography.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not enough detail, July 4, 2003

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Haseeb - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Adams Businesses You Can Start Almanac (Paperback)

Five hundred business ideas are given in this Alamanac, but there is nothing all that useful about the information given for each. For each business mentioned the author gives the approximate start-up costs, the potential earnings, fees, advice and an overview of the business. After reading up on a few business opportunities and talking to different people, I realized how off the mark some of the information given in this book is. For example, in one business it is suggested to "hit the big factories and large businesses". I was told by someone already established in the business however that the best way is to start with people you already know and then branch out utilizing their connections to expand your business. Large businesses and corporations do not often take in small people who don't have a good foundation unless they have strong connections to people at the company. Some of the advice given in this book makes it seem like all you have to do is just walk into some big corporation or business and make a big sale of a product or service and that's that. The information is way too watered down.

Another thing about the book is that one's earnings in a business can be easily significatly more or significantly less than the range they give.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally a book that talks about Storytellers!, August 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Adams Businesses You Can Start Almanac (Paperback)

This book is the only book I could find which talked about the kind of business I want to start. Not only was it affordable but it cuts to the chase when it gives you info. For example:It gives you start up costs, potential earnings, typical fees, advertising, qualifications, equipment needed, home business potential, staff requirements, handicapped potential, hidden costs on top of how to get started. This book is a great find!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Update PLEASE!, April 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Adams Businesses You Can Start Almanac (Paperback)

I bought this book a couple of years ago and pulled it out recently and I agree with one of the other reviewers: Please update this book! I've read many "start your own business" books and the layout of this one is by far the best I've ever seen. The book is divided into categories according to how much money you can/will invest as start-up capital. The descriptions of each business are detailed and it even has the pro's and con's. But, as mentioned before, it is badly in need of an update, i.e., when it suggests that you will need a computer, it lists the prices at around $2,000.00! This price is quoted for even the most non-technical businesses and obviously you can knock off around $1500.00 for a basic computer. But if you are in need of ideas, detailed descriptions, etc., this book can still be very helpful.