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9780970290908

Ready or Not... Get Set Go : The Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Maintaining a Successful Business

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  • ISBN13:

    9780970290908

  • ISBN10:

    097029090X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-02-01
  • Publisher: Professional Prodigy Inc
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Summary

This book teaches readers how to assess their strengths and weaknesses, identify the target market, write a successful business plan, hire the right people the first time, learn the importance of location, calculate start-up costs, determine legal structure, turn a good idea into a profitable one, and operate a successful business.

Table of Contents

Preface i
Check-off List
1(10)
Business Licenses and Permits
3(1)
Land Use and Building Use Regulations
3(1)
Certificate of Occupancy
3(1)
Zoning
4(1)
Legal Structure
4(1)
Fictitious Business Name Statement (also known as Assumed Business Name Statement or Doing Business As (DBA) Certificate)
4(1)
Incorporation
5(1)
Banking
5(6)
Personal Evaluation
11(8)
Why Do You Want to Be an Entrepreneur? Are You Cut Out to Run Your Own Business?
11(2)
Questions to Ask Yourself
13(6)
Legal Structure
19(18)
Sole Proprietorships
19(2)
Partnerships
21(4)
Corporations
25(5)
Limited Liability Company (LLC)
30(7)
A List of Business Ideas
37(10)
Automotive
37(1)
Building and Home Services
37(1)
Business Services
38(2)
Entertainment
40(1)
Professional
40(7)
The American Dream
47(24)
Do You Want to Be Your Own Boss?
47(1)
Creating a New Business
47(1)
Buying an Established Business
48(6)
Setting the Price
54(2)
Buying a Franchise
56(3)
Getting Started
59(4)
Reasons for Failing
63(8)
Business Insurance
71(10)
Liability
72(1)
Disability
73(1)
Product/Service Insurance
73(1)
Property
73(1)
Business Interruption
73(1)
Crime Insurance
73(1)
Key Man also known as (Key Person)
73(1)
Partnership Insurance
74(1)
Automobile
74(1)
Home Office
74(1)
Group Health Insurance
74(1)
Water-damage Insurance
75(1)
Life Insurance
75(1)
Worker's Compensation
75(6)
Law and Taxes
81(12)
Common Law
81(1)
Statutory Law
81(1)
Sole Proprietorship
81(1)
Partnerships
81(1)
Limited Partnerships
81(1)
Corporation
82(1)
Domestic and Foreign Corporations
82(1)
Close Corporations
82(1)
Subchapter S Corporation
82(1)
Federal Employer's Identification Number
82(1)
Tax Information
83(1)
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
83(1)
Federal Self-Employment Tax
83(1)
Sales Tax Number
84(1)
Unemployment Insurance Tax
84(1)
Immigration Act
84(1)
Health and Safety
85(1)
Minimum Wage
85(1)
Bar Coding
85(1)
Employer's Compensation Packet
85(1)
Health and Environmental Regulations
86(1)
Protecting Your Ideas
86(7)
Trademarks
86(1)
Patents
86(1)
Copyright
87(6)
Start-Up Cost
93(14)
Your Estimate of One Time Start Up Cost
93(2)
Your Estimate of Monthly Expense
95(1)
Finding the Money You Need
95(2)
Words to Know
97(10)
Business Plan
107(18)
Writing the All Powerful Business Plan
107(2)
Cover Page
109(1)
Executive Summary
110(1)
Table of Contents
110(1)
The Business
111(2)
Financial Information
113(3)
Supporting Documents
116(9)
Marketing
125(30)
Market Research
126(1)
Primary Research
127(1)
Secondary Research
128(1)
Target Marketing
128(1)
Market Strategy
129(1)
Marketing and Promoting Your Business
130(1)
Promotions
131(1)
Create a Marketing Package
131(1)
Advertising
132(4)
Selling Yourself
136(4)
Networking
140(1)
Internet Marketing
140(1)
Do You Need a Website
141(1)
Getting Online
142(1)
Setting up a Website
143(2)
Selling Online
145(1)
Web Browser
145(1)
Web Search Engines
145(1)
Internet Lingo
145(1)
Keeping Customers
146(1)
Location
147(8)
Organization
155(12)
Setting up Office
155(1)
Getting Organized
155(12)
Management
167(22)
Setting Goals
167(1)
Managing Your Goals
168(1)
Decision-Making
169(1)
Team
169(1)
Making the Transition from Worker to Manager
170(1)
Communication
171(7)
Training
178(1)
Meetings
178(1)
Managing Stress
179(1)
Standard Operating Procedures
180(1)
Employee Discipline
181(8)
Hiring the Right Person the First Time
189(12)
Job Interviewing Process
190(3)
Compensation
193(8)
Letters & Forms
201(26)
Succeeding Against the Odds
227(6)
Expressions of
233

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