The Frugal Entrepreneur: Creative Ways to Save Time, Energy & Money in Your Business [Paperback]

Terri Lonier (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1883282705 | ISBN-13: 978-1883282707 | Publication Date: June 1, 1996

Meet the Frugal Entrepreneur -- dedicated to using creativity instead of cash to generate business success. This upbeat, practical collection contains hundreds of tips and techniques from some of the savviest frugal entrepreneurs around. It's brimming with secrets on: * Finding low-cost and free business equipment and supplies * Strategies to negotiate the best discounts every time * Innovative ways to get the most out of each day * How to create million-dollar marketing on a shoestring budget * Insider tips on stretching your printing and promotion dollars * New methods to slash budget-busting overhead, telephone, and travel costs * Breakthrough techniques to save you time, energy, and money

No matter what your business, this book is sure to boost your business profits. It's a guide you'll use again and again.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Idea per dollar, this is the best book ever written for entrepreneurs." -- Guy Kawasaki, author of "How to Drive Your Competition Crazy"

"Spend a little time and money on this book so you can start saving both in your business." -- Barbara J. Winter, author of "Making a Living Without a Job"

"This book is a definite must for your small business bookshelf/" -- Larry Rother, editor of "Living Cheap News" -- Larry Roth, editor of "Living Cheap News"

About the Author

Terri Lonier is a nationally recognized expert on small business and entrepreneurship, and the author of the award-winning "Working Solo" series of books. A popular media guest and business speaker on entrepreneurial topics, she also works as a marketing strategy consultant to corporations and associations that offer products and services targeted to the rapidly growing small business market.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Portico Pr (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883282705
• ISBN-13: 978-1883282707
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,135,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars this book is garbage, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Frugal Entrepreneur: Creative Ways to Save Time, Energy & Money in Your Business (Paperback)

I gave it one star because you cannot give it less.

It is a simplistic collection of stupid tidbits that you already have thought about. "Purchase used furniture"(pp. 41-2), "Program voice mail number codes into your speed dial to save time"(p. 33), or "File things where you can find them again,"(pp. 24-5) are three average suggestions from this useless book.

Don't waste your valuable time with this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read, but don't pay for it!, May 10, 2005

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Kelly Garbato "www.easyvegan.info" (Kearney, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Frugal Entrepreneur: Creative Ways to Save Time, Energy & Money in Your Business (Paperback)

"The Frugal Entrepreneur" is truly a mixed bag of advice - most of the information is either very obvious or fairly useless, but there are a few tasty tidbits sprinkled throughout.

Some of the tips are pure common sense; for example, drop off your mail as opposed to having the shipping company pick it up, or use self-adhesive stamps on your outgoing mail. Others just consist of old adages, such as "measure twice, cut once." Not exactly the sort of thing you should shell out money for - just visit mom and she's sure to offer all this and more for free!

However, the author does throw in a few helpful tips that you might not have thought of on your own. Lonier advises readers to install a second residential phone line in their home office and then covert it to a business line later, thus saving a bundle in fees. While the ethics might be a bit questionable, it's not a strategy that I would have been familiar with otherwise. Same goes for the advice to recycle old letterhead into smaller scratch pads, or to use your voice mail to record ideas that pop into your head when you're away from the office.

If your local library carries this title, it might be worth your time to check out a copy out and thumb through it the next time you're on hold or waiting in line at the post office. After all, what could be more frugal than utilizing the library as opposed to your credit card? Most everyone could learn a new trick or two from "The Frugal Entrepreneur," but certainly not enough to justify actually paying for a new copy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pa Bang., July 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Frugal Entrepreneur: Creative Ways to Save Time, Energy & Money in Your Business (Paperback)

If your a first timer looking for great tips, tricks & wisdom, take a look at this book offered in Apple computers small business edition 6500/250 Power PC. They threw this book in for first timers, it's a godsend. I love it.