The Small Business Start-Up Guide: A Surefire Blueprint to Successfully Launch Your Own Business (Paperback)

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Product Description
Filled with essential checklists, worksheets and advice, The Small Business Start-Up Guide will get you up and running!

The Small Business Start-Up Guide is a must-have resource for anyone starting a business. Covering everything you need to know to start successfully, it will save you immeasurable amounts of time, effort and money.

Discover:
--Which taxes and regulations you must be aware of
--Where to find capital and investors
--Whether incorporation is right for your business
--The key elements of a business plan
--The ins and outs of bank loans
--Which professionals to consult

"The pluses and minuses for each type of organization a start-up can assume...written by two people who have been through the start-up process." --The Wall Street Journal

Plus get terrific time-saving information, including:

--A checklist of what you must do while starting a business
--An extensive appendix of the rules, fees, forms, and requirements for starting a business in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia
--The best sources of information on your specific business concerns
--How to buy a franchise and where to get help
--Tips for finding small business loans

Now is the time to start building the business you want.


About the Author
Hal Root and Steve Koenig are entrepreneurs and business owners with more than forty years of collective experience.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.; 4 edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140220602X
• ISBN-13: 978-1402206023
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #634,223 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!, February 4, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Small Business Start-Up Guide: A Surefire Blueprint to Successfully Launch Your Own Business (Paperback)

This was an excellent book to get a high-level overview of what it takes to start a business. This book wasn't written to be a one source guide. It was written to give you all of the important details and procedures of starting a businees, without all of the fluff. If you want to start a business, but have no knowledge of how to do it, then I recommend this as your first book on the subject.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book, April 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Small Business Start-Up Guide (Small Business Sourcebooks) (Paperback)

This book is useless and a big waste of my $... that I paid for it. While the book is some two hundred pages, the last hundred consist of appendix which could be summarized in less than twenty. The first hundred pages is so completely elementary in nature that I cannot conceive of anyone actually benefiting from its content.

4.0 out of 5 stars A good guide for business start-ups., August 4, 2008

By	Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca CPA,... (Bronxville, New York USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Small Business Start-Up Guide (Small Business Sourcebooks) (Paperback)

This is a good place to start if you are planning
a new business. The book helps to answer the question
as to whether or not you can compete, product definition,
the market and optimal locational considerations.

The presentation describes how to do business research,
formulate a business plan, decide on a form of organization
(individual, partnership, corporation, Subchapter S etc. ),
the prospect of getting government assistance and SEED money .

Technical sources are the SBA library and SCORE- a partnerhip
of professionals. The book describes how to make local
traffic counts, as well as relations with economic development
agencies and the local Chamber of Commerce.

The Franchise form of organization is set forth.
The form of organization consists of the following:
o location analysis
o store design
o operating procedures
o purchasing procedures and central purchasing
o financial assistance and venture capitalists

The acquisition is priced reasonably. Purchase this volume
if you intend to start a new business.