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Complete Small-Business Sourcebook: Information, Services, and Experts Every Small and Home-Based Business Needs [Hardcover]

Wilbur Cross (Author)
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December 15, 1998
Just because your business is small or home-based doesn't mean you can't have the resources of a major corporation at your fingertips. The Complete Small-Business Sourcebook provides a cornucopia of places and people to help answer almost every kind of business question, from how to raise capital to where to find a consultant, and much more.

ONE-STOP RESOURCE: The Sourcebook provides fast, easy access to the kind of information that used to require hours
of searching through piles of directories, pamphlets, and news clippings.

TWENTY MAJOR CATEGORIES: The Sourcebook covers every issue facing today's small-business person: What are the best sources for venture capital? How do I find a marketing professional to help me sell my product? Where can I get legal information about whether to incorporate, set up a partnership, or be a sole proprietor?

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: The information within is drawn from hundreds of reliable sources, including federal, state, and local agencies, trade associations, and private organizations. Each entry includes the address, phone number, fax number, Internet data, activities, publications, staff contacts, and location of the resource.

Developed by the creators of The New York Public Library Desk Reference, the Sourcebook is a gold mine of immensely practical information that will help you take your business to the next level. With thousands of addresses and phone numbers and hundreds of tips, it's a true bible for everyone with a small or home-based business.

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The premise of the book is simple: Learn painlessly from the experience of others instead of laboriously through your own time-consuming trial and costly error. The authors--Hausman, a business consultant, former columnist, television reporter, university professor, and author of Small Business Franchises Made Simple; and Cross, a veteran journalist and former editor at Time, Inc.--have created a flawless and information-loaded reference for everything related to initiating and profitably operating a small business.

They cover the feasibility of the product or service, your own nature and whether it's compatible with entrepreneurial rigors, and how to survey the business landscape. They explain various start-up options (corporation vs. proprietorship vs. partnership), discuss the psychological side effects of limited growth, and advise how to avoid typical causes of failure. They also delve into financing, from raising capital to accounting, the basics of business and human-resource management, sales, public relations, and marketing. With advice on computers and the Internet, legal services and consultants, the world of import and export, and 136 pages, A to Z, of every conceivable relevant resource, plus an in-depth index, this is a superb investment toward maintaining sanity while achieving success. --Stephanie Gold

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Just because your business is small or home-based doesn't mean you can't have the resources of a major corporation at your fingertips. The Complete Small-Business Sourcebook provides a cornucopia of places and people to help answer almost every kind of business question, from how to raise capital to where to find a consultant, and much more.

ONE-STOP RESOURCE: The Sourcebook provides fast, easy access to the kind of information that used to require hours
of searching through piles of directories, pamphlets, and news clippings.

TWENTY MAJOR CATEGORIES: The Sourcebook covers every issue facing today's small-business person: What are the best sources for venture capital? How do I find a marketing professional to help me sell my product? Where can I get legal information about whether to incorporate, set up a partnership, or be a sole proprietor?

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: The information within is drawn from hundreds of reliable sources, including federal, state, and local agencies, trade associations, and private organizations. Each entry includes the address, phone number, fax number, Internet data, activities, publications, staff contacts, and location of the resource.

Developed by the creators of The New York Public Library Desk Reference, the Sourcebook is a gold mine of immensely practical information that will help you take your business to the next level. With thousands of addresses and phone numbers and hundreds of tips, it's a true bible for everyone with a small or home-based business.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Crown Business; 1st edition (December 15, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0812928245
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812928242
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,983,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, well-organized handbook, January 26, 1999
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This review is from: Complete Small-Business Sourcebook: Information, Services, and Experts Every Small and Home-Based Business Needs (Hardcover)
Fine resource. Much more practical than most how-to books, and filled with really valuable advice. Best parts are the "tips sheets" that pass along useful how-to information without a lot of chit-chat. Book is very well-written throughout.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding! Well-organized and loaded with information, January 14, 1999
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This review is from: Complete Small-Business Sourcebook: Information, Services, and Experts Every Small and Home-Based Business Needs (Hardcover)
A cut above most other business books...hard information and lots of it, and it is BEAUTIFULLY written. Very clear, direct, and engaging.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The most thoroughly researched business book in print ., December 24, 1998
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This review is from: Complete Small-Business Sourcebook: Information, Services, and Experts Every Small and Home-Based Business Needs (Hardcover)
The Complete Small Business Sourcebook is the state-of-the-art guidebook for small business owners and managers. More than five years in the making, it was the brainchild of three book publishers working jointly to devise its format, select personnel to work on it, and chart its course of completion. The Sourcebook was compiled by three authors, four researchers, and other publishing experts. For small businesses, it is a gateway to information and counsel, and as reliable a source of information as can be found anywhere in a single volume.
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