A Fearless Guide to Starting a Profitable 5K Business: Create Immediate Income by Investing $5,000 or Less (Paperback)

by Marilyn Sweet (Author)
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Product Description
Be successful the first time with a 5K business. Need extra income to increase your savings, save for retirement, or avoid commuting nightmares? If you want to be your own boss and get paid to do work you love, but don't have a lot of startup capital, this is the book for you. Design your business to suit your lifestyle.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Cherry Creek Press (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0978572009
• ISBN-13: 978-0978572006
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #604,686 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I am very skeptical about these reviews..., February 8, 2008

By	Kirsten (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews

As a stay-at-home mother considering beginning a new business in order to pay for my children's college tuitions, I was about to order this book based on its high reviews.

However, the first thing I noticed about those reviews is that they all used "real names"--not a common occurance for many items, as you likely know if you are a regular shopper with Amazon. I then took a gander at the "other reviews" of the reviewers, and realized the vast majority of the reviewers have reviewed this book alone, and no other books. Suspicious! Is someone making up profiles, having their friends vote for their book, etc. in order to boost the ratings (and therefore viability of this item) or what?

For this issue alone, I am going to pass on this book. I do not feel I can trust these reviews!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars trust the critical review, April 18, 2008

By	Iridia Twain "Iridia" (Columbus, Oh USA) - See all my reviews

I ordered this book despite the critical review posted, but have to say how, consider this review. The book is ok, but would be better called "how to start a 5 K business in the local service sector", because it is heavily focused on real estate and other service activities, such as career counseling. There is also a fair bit of very blunt advertising of specific online providers, business card printers and such, which is ok, but a couple of alternative suggestions would make me feel better. I am interested in starting a craft business and to sell nationwide through the Internet, and for my questions it is simply not the right book. If you want to become a local mortgage broker, it might be exactly what you need.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable to all small business owners regardless of the amount of their starting capital., January 5, 2007

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Author Marilyn Sweet, who has personally started eight businesses on less than $5,000 over the past twenty-five years and achieved sufficient success to retire from her day job as a psychologist, presents A Fearless Guide to Starting a Profitable 5K Business: Create Immediate Income by Investing $5,000 or Less. Written in a no-nonsense, down-to-earth style, A Fearless Guide to Starting a Profitable 5K Business covers how to minimize overhead as much as possible, low-cost marketing strategies that work, creating a "quality corporate image" on a shoestring, how to decide when to grow a business or keep it small, solid policies that avoid common traps and pitfalls, how to handle the emotional side of getting a business off the ground, and much more. Enthusiastically recommended for any budding entrepreneur, not just those on a tight budget; A Fearless Guide to Starting a Profitable 5K Business is filled cover to cover with efficiency strategies that will prove invaluable to all small business owners regardless of the amount of their starting capital.