HOW TO START A HOMEBASED CRAFTS BUSINESS, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

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Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based craft business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you will need to successfully launch and grow your own business.

Author Ken Oberrecht, a successful home-based woodworker, shares his experiences and down-to-earth advice to help you estimate your start-up costs, manage your cash flow, and stay profitable once you're in business. From painless record keeping to finding craft supplies on the Internet, his step-by-step methods are practical and easy to understand. Use his handy worksheets, quizzes, and checklists to turn your dream into a reality.

Whether you want to earn a living from your craft or just make some extra money, this guide can help you experience the satisfaction of building your own home-based business. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based craft business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you will need to successfully launch and grow your own business. Author Ken Oberrecht, a successful home-based woodworker, shares his experiences and down-to-earth advice to help you estimate your start-up costs, manage your cash flow, and stay profitable once you're in business. From painless record keeping to finding craft supplies on the Internet, his step-by-step methods are practical and easy to understand. Use his handy worksheets, quizzes, and checklists to turn your dream into a reality. Whether you want to earn a living from your craft or just make some extra money, this guide can help you experience the satisfaction of building your own home-based business. (7 x 10, 264 pages, sample business plan, market survey for retail outlets, sample pricing equation, invoice, and statement, income/expenses worksheet, computer systems comparison)
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr; 2nd edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762700661
• ISBN-13: 978-0762700660
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,953,802 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good general overview, August 29, 2000

By	Hugo Scavino "DJ-GO" (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Start A Home-Based Craft Business, 3rd Edition (Home-based business) (Paperback)

Simply put, this an easy to read book for one considering entering the craft field as a business and not just as a hobby. Kenn discusses the pros and cons of such a decision and encourages one to think carefully before starting a home-based business. He outlines managerial, financial and marketing templates for the artisan. The material is exact and full of useful tips and pitfalls to avoid. Anyone starting a home-based business should read his steps and make sure to follow his processes.

The book is not written with an MBA viewpoint but rather from a down-to-earth and straightforward one. He uses his past experiences to help the business neophyte enter this exciting world. His advice is sound and the templates are practical for anyone starting a home-based business.

Regardless, this style leaves one wanting more craft specific details. While Kenn started his own craft business, it is not until the later chapters that there is craft specific advice. This book could do well for any home-based business. See his other titles for proof.

We had hoped that future editions would include all of the business templates in popular electronic formats like Word, Excel or better yet HTML; but still nothing. Finally, we really like the new updated web and internet tips. See http://www.ijudy.com/ for more details.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars everything i needed to know, December 12, 2002

By	"madgeylou" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Start A Home-Based Craft Business, 3rd Edition (Home-based business) (Paperback)

in starting my craft business, this book proved invaluable. he covers how to tell if you are a good fit for a home-based business, how to set up your bookkeeping (the biggest help for me), and how to track and analyze your production processes. definitely recommended if you are thinking about moving from amateur crafter to gettin paid.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great summary of business basics, December 12, 2006

By	Matthew the Raven (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Start a Home-Based Craft Business, 4th (Home-Based Business Series) (Paperback)

I found this book to be quite a wake-up call to the realities of home-based business. The author covers material related to managing a business like taxes, insurance, time management, how to handle money, and a bunch of other stuff, and he doesn't apologize for the realistic picture he paints. The only criticism I would make is that it's a little short on information about marketing crafts. Discussions of craft shows, wholesaling, internet marketing, and so forth are very briefly discussed in the final chapter.