Business Start-up Handbook (Volume 1) [Paperback]

Peter C. Sundt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

A guide for entrpreneurs. Beginning with testing the business idea, then exploring the steps involved with raising capital, managing cash, setting up financial controls, and establishing company policies and benefits, this book explains it all.

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About the Author

After graduating from Rice University with a BS in electrical engineering, the author began his career as a design engineer with Hughes Aircraft Co.. This was followed by an executive position with a Houston electronics firm, after which he formed Metrix Instrument Co.,a manufacturer of industrial instrumentation. He sold the business to a conglomerate in 1995.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Cibolo Press; 1 edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966854713
• ISBN-13: 978-0966854718
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,282,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of a review, November 19, 2000

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Tobias Picker (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Start-up Handbook (Volume 1) (Paperback)

I recently started a very successful business. This handbook was invaluable to me in getting started. Therefore, I would like to reccommend this book to others and correct a statement made by Mr. Doty in his review on this page. Mr. Doty objects to the sparse style, and he is entitled to that opinion. However, as his example he unfairly implies that the section on The Business Plan consists only of four sentences, when in reality that section is five pages. With that statement he denigrates the whole book.

The term "handbook" in the title connotes brevity and lack of great detail. Clearly it was not intended to be a textbook. As a handbook, it gives what it promises.

Mr. Doty would be well advised to read more carefully, and not to make misleading statements in online reviews based on a cursory perusal.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and Concise, September 27, 2000

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John (Estes Park, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Start-up Handbook (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This may not be the textbook for the seasoned entrepreneur, but, for the novice considering starting a business for the first time, it is an easy-reading guide to the important issues that need to be addressed if the venture is going to be successful. Congratulations to the author on a clear and concise approach to a complicated subject!

13 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource!, July 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Business Start-up Handbook (Volume 1) (Paperback)

Thanks for demystifying the often scary process of starting a business, Mr. Sundt! Practical common-sense advice based on years of personal experience, a quick worthwhile read for entrepreneurs of all types.