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Make the money and run: Businesses to Make You Rich (Yes Series)

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This book is worth a million times its price. It simplifies a lot of life's decisions and helps you set up a business of your own. It steers you away from the mistakes that most people make. A friend of mine has started one of the businesses (gift albums). He loves it. I like travel so I'm interested in the "Your man in Rio" business or "Import-Export."
I work in advertising so I checked the marketing section of the book before I bought it. Jameson has some unusual ideas in both publicity and advertising and I would like to use a couple of them with my clients.
This book is great if you want to work from home. If you have small children, it's perfect.You really need a computer to research information and keep in contact with your clients.
Here is one failing of the book: The author doesn't discuss online resources for each of the businesses. He has a "What to Do" section for each one that's helpful but doesn't include the Internet. The second failing concerns the 57 "side businesses." For most of them, the author gives only a short description. I thought some of them sounded exciting and I'd like to know more.
This is an altogether terrific business/life guide. I suggest anyone who wants to make money and have a little fun to read this book and turn their life's passion into a well-paying business.

I liked Make the Money and Run because I am trying to find a business of mine own to set up and this book is short and to-the-point. I think it would have been better if it had been about fewer businesses than 18 and gone more into depth. Also, the 57 side businesses are given less attention than they should be. Some of the businesses are very simple and the one I like the best is Gift Albums. I like this one a lot although I would probably use a different product. As long as I have the advertising, I can give away almost anything. People love getting something for nothing. This one business idea makes it worth getting the book. The marketing chapter has some pretty good ideas although it could do more with Internet marketing. One good thing about the book is that it isn't wordy. A chapter is devoted to each business and at the end of each chapter, he tells you what to do to get into that particular business. Unlike other business books, it's short and sweet and you're not left with a lot of theory. It's worthwhile reading and leaps and bounds above other go-into-business books that I've seen.

The latest in the Dash-Hill "YES" series, Make The Money And Run: 18 Businesses To Make You Rich by small business entrepreneur and consultant Siriol Jameson is a brief yet enriching look at simple businesses that anyone can start up and run. Ranging from such ventures as publishing a newsletter, to boarding pets, to becoming an information broker, Make The Money And Run offers a wealth of quick and simple start-up tips applicable to all start-up ventures. Make The Money And Run is a great introduction to key entrepreneurial opportunities, and highly recommended reading for anyone wanting to enter the dynamic world of small business in order to be their own boss and make their own mark upon the world of commerce.

This book is a treasurehouse of solid advice about
opening and running your own business. The 18
businesses are fun and unusual. I think the business
"Your man in Rio" is great. I work with business
owners and I know many of them would use the services
of "a man in Rio" like the one in the book.
Following each business is a handy step by step guide
telling you what to do to succeed in it. The author
gives excellent tips on saving money and keeping out
of legal trouble in the first part of the book. I'm a
little disappointed that there aren't any pure
Internet businesses in the book. Still and all it's
one of the best businesses books I've read in the past
few years.