Free Money for Entrepreneurs: You Won't Get Rich Working for Somebody Else (Free Money Books) [Paperback]

Matthew Lesko (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 926 pages
• Publisher: Information USA (March 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878346695
• ISBN-13: 978-1878346698
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money or spend it better elsewhere, June 4, 2007

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Robyn Taylor "R. T." (CA, for now) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Money for Entrepreneurs: You Won't Get Rich Working for Somebody Else (Free Money Books) (Paperback)

The majority of the entries in this book are for loans, not grants. I think that Mr. Lesko should entitle his books more honestly, such as ingredient labels for foods must be written, with the largest amount first, and in descending order. People would then realize that grants, or other "free money" entries, are last on the list.

I'm sure there are better, more honest books out there that truly do list a multitude of grants for entrepreneurs -- or for anyone else, for that matter.

One thing I will say that I think is great about this book is that there are plenty of educational sources for those who wish to go into business for themselves but have no background or knowledge of it.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Obscure Information Overload!, July 5, 2008

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This review is from: Free Money for Entrepreneurs: You Won't Get Rich Working for Somebody Else (Free Money Books) (Paperback)

I've seen ads for Lesko's books for years. When I opened a coffee house and needed some financing, I figured I'd give this book a shot and really find out what was available to me.

The book is certainly full of information on loans, grants, government assistance, etc.... unfortunately, only a small fraction of that info pertains to any one particular person. All of the info is broken down by what's available by state and city. Some states have a lot of programs available while others have a few.

I live in California and most of the programs listed were either things I had already tried or wasn't eligible for.

Unfortunately for me, this book was a waste of money. Fortunately, it wasn't expensive.

This book, as advertised is just a one stop place for all that's available. Some of the data wasn't quite up to date, but if you don't want to do any research on the Internet about what's available to you, then this book could be useful.

45 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Free Money et al. by Matthew Lesko, November 16, 2005

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Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca CPA,... (Bronxville, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Money for Entrepreneurs: You Won't Get Rich Working for Somebody Else (Free Money Books) (Paperback)

This work lists critical sources of funds for small business

entrepreneurs and others. The sources are provided for the

federal government and states. The author describes strategies for

raising funds for the purchase of property through HUD and a variety of government programs on the federal and state levels.

Classic sources of information are as follows:

- 800FEDINFO

- advoc4 disabled.state

- Health 800 522 5006

- 84.200 education funding in areas of national need

The work is set forth simply and the price is affordable.

A strength of this work is that the author provides a state-by-

state breakdown of the funding sources together with contact

persons and telephone numbers.