The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, 3rdEdition [Mass Market Paperback]

Barbara Weltman (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: July 3, 2007

A successful career?at your own front door!

For anyone who wants to make extra money, escape the corporate rat race, or just take more pleasure out of working from home, small business guru Barbara Weltman shows readers how to make their dreams come true. Completely updated, this guide explores the ins and outs of seed money, its impact on the home and family, the best business for each individual, and much more.
?Features the most current information on everything from Internet businesses to taxes and guerrilla marketing
?Includes in-depth resource and web sections, as well as a listing of the 100 best home-based businesses to get into and how

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About the Author

BARBARA WELTMAN is a nationally known expert on business and tax planning. She is a home-based attorney who has authored several books on succeeding in your own business.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Alpha; 3 edition (July 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159257646X
• ISBN-13: 978-1592576463
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #392,682 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exhaustive tome of advice and resources, September 11, 2007

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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, 3rdEdition (Mass Market Paperback)

Ms. Weltman provides a ton of edifying statistics regarding the current state of the working-from-home crowd: who knew there were so many people doing it these days, and doing it successfully? She gives us some idea of how long it typically takes people to start earning what they need to live on. She provides reminders of what we'll be saving by working from home, as well as the new expenses we have to take into account (such as our own health insurance!).

If you want to work from home but don't yet know what you want to do there, Ms. Weltman also includes plenty of information to help you choose. She tells us all about franchises, buying a pre-existing home-based business, e-commerce, etc. One of the appendixes includes a list of the 100 most popular types of home-based businesses, including the addresses of web sites with further information on them. You might be surprised by some of the possibilities here, such as: sketch artist, bed and breakfast, bridal consultant, personal chef, chimney sweep, nutritionist, event planner, interior decorator, jewelry designer, personal shopper, or speechwriter.

There's plenty of information on organizing your business, such as choosing whether to incorporate. There's also advice on setting up your business, writing a business plan, and obtaining financing from a variety of possible sources. Such issues as the zoning of your home are addressed, as well as legal means to get around any potential snags in this area.

Ms. Weltman goes into the practical issues of setting up your home office: office equipment, computers, and convincing your family and friends to let you get work done! She also delves into what you really need to do to make your business succeed in terms of marketing, networking, insurance, taking care of taxes, and getting the professional help you need when you can't do everything yourself.

I highly recommend this read to anyone who's thinking of starting up their own business from home: it could save you some costly mistakes, and help to ensure your success!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Tips, April 19, 2009

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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, 3rdEdition (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a very valuable resource. There's plenty of information on organizing your business, such as choosing whether to incorporate. There's also advice on setting up your business, writing a business plan, and obtaining financing from a variety of possible sources. Such issues as the zoning of your home are addressed, as well as legal means to get around any potential snags in this area.

The reading is made more enjoyable by an abundance of sidebars scattered throughout, with titles like "Homegrown Tip", "Home Hazard", and "Business Buzzword". And the author's wit will give you an occasional chuckle.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST read for those wanting to Start a Business!, July 8, 2011

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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, 3rdEdition (Mass Market Paperback)

Barbara Weltman, one of this country's leading Small Business Tax experts, has written an outstanding compendium of Small Business information. In fact, this is Barbara's third edition of this wonderful book. At a time in our country's history when 1000's of new businesses MUST be started, Barbara's "Starting a Home-Based Business" is a MUST read. Once again, thank-you Barbara for all the Small Business information you make available, in your concise, easy-to-understand, very practical, style.

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