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Running a One Person Business [Paperback]

Claude Whitmyer (Author), Salli Rasberry (Author)
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Book Description

May 1, 1994
This new edition of the bestseller which showed how to set up and operate a one-person business contains updated information on the technology involved. Major parts of key chapters have been rewritten to include new material and follow-up interviews with successful one-person business owners are featured. Photos.


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This book, like Mary Jean Parson's Managing the One-Person Business ( LJ 3/15/88), addresses the concerns of the very small organization. Standard business topics such as bookkeeping, marketing, and finance are discussed with the needs of the sole proprietor in mind. Additional matters unique to one-person businesses--planning for back-up help, preventing a sense of isolation--are also covered. Although a few topics are glossed over, the advice is generally sound, practical, and clearly presented. The chapters on time management and office equipment are especially help-ful. Most business collections should have either this book or Parson's.-- Wendy Allex, Lee Cty. Lib. System, Ft. Meyers, Fla. correction: Daniel Goodwin & Richard F. Rusdorf's The Landlord's Handbook (LJ 3/15/89), published by Longman, is not being distributed by Gale, as the review states. Books can be ordered directly from Longman.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 280 pages
  • Publisher: Ten Speed Press; 2 Revised edition (May 1, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0898155983
  • ISBN-13: 978-0898155983
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Claude Whitmyer was born in 1947 and spent the first two dozen years of his life growing up in Las Vegas. He attended graduate school at the University of Washington in Seattle and moved to San Francisco in 1973. His first book, "Running a One-Person Business," (with Salli Rasberry) was a Book of the Month Club choice in 1990. He also edited and contributed to two anthologies, "Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood" and "In the Company of Others: Making Community in the Modern World" (with Gail Terry Grimes). He is known for his unique, values-based approach to coaching which includes "Good Work Guidance" for those seeking meaningful work and "Good Business Advice" for entrepreneurs seeking to do what they love and still pay the bills. Between 1998 and 2008 he and his wife Gail Terry Grimes developed over 100 hours of instruction and wrote half a dozen books about meeting and learning on the Internet. They are bicoastal with homes in Northern California and Southern Maine. [See http://www.futureu.com and http://www.meaningfulwork.com for more information.]

Currently (as of January 2011) the blog entries running with this author page are from our blog about building online courses located at http://www.buildyourcourseonline.net. Just click on the link for "Blog".

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Covers subjects that no other biz book addresses, September 17, 1997
This review is from: Running a One Person Business (Paperback)
There are many new small business books being published but this is truly one of the classics. Rather than emphasizing information about getting permits, writing a business plan, etc., Running A One Person Business discusses how to keep from being isolated, how to separate your work life from your personal life, how to go on vacation when you're self-employed, etc. I recommend it to my small business students. Jan Zobel, EA, tax preparer/lecturer and author of Minding Her Own Business: the Self-Employed Woman's Guide to Taxes and Recordkeepin
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4.0 out of 5 stars Basic Information for the True Novice, March 2, 2007
This review is from: Running a One Person Business (Paperback)
If you haven't a clue about running a small business then this book is for you. For more advanced topics - look elsewhere. This book is good for what it is; a treatise on the ins and outs of managing the small enterprise. You'll find many helpful suggestions but much of the information is quite dated. Still there aren't very many books that tackle the unique problems of the one-person business. So for a unique perspective on your fledging operation, check it out.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best business book I've ever read!, September 2, 1999
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I loved reading this book. It gave clear and concise methods of running a small business yet also inspired with ideas of how to do what you really love. The book gave good arguements why this is the only way to live and told many stories to back it up.
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