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As a small-business owner, financial statements are your most important tools - and if you don't know how to read them and understand their implications, you cannot possibly steer your business successfully. This book demystifies your company's financial dashboard: the Net Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and Balance Sheet.
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As a business owner, everything you've worked so hard to achieve thus far depends on getting the word out to the right people. Marketing your product or service is detrimental to your survival! With that said, it is not an exaggeration to say that the most important hat a business owner wears is that of marketer. But as entire business degrees and companies have been built around the marketing industry, how could you ever wear that hat for your company?...
4) The entrepreneur equation: evaluating the realities, risks, and rewards of having your own business
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By understanding what it takes to build a valuable business as well as how to assess the risks and rewards of business ownership based on your personal circumstances, you can learn how to stack the odds of success in your favor.
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"An updated third edition of the most comprehensive guide to small business successWhether you're a novice entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, The Small Business Bible offers you everything you need to know to build and grow your dream business. It shows you what really works (and what doesn't!) and includes scores of tips, insider information, stories, and proven secrets of success. Even if you've run your own business for years, this handy guide keeps...
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"What if there was a way to combine the stability of a day job with the excitement of a startup? All of the benefits of entrepreneurship with none of the pitfalls? In the 10% Entrepreneur, Patrick McGinnis show you how, by investing just 10% of your time and resources, you can become an entrepreneur without losing a steady paycheck."-- front flap
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Debra Traverso tells you how to prepare for the surprises most likely to throw small businesses off course. She helps you anticipate both predictable hurdles and devastating ordeals, so that no crisis will catch you off guard. No need to waste emotions, time, and money when a crisis hits: you can get a good night's sleep!
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So many entrepreneurs experience this, and some have given up the hope of ever finding the money, time, and control they thought business ownership would bring them. But take heart! You can meet the challenges, reclaim your life, and grow your business at the same time. Conquer the Chaos shows you how. A one-stop turnaround plan, Conquer the Chaos lays out a complete path to make your business run smoothly and provide you with the freedom you desire....
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The Tax Rules Have Changed. Your Business Should, Too.
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 marks the biggest tax reform in more than 30 years. The changes to the tax code are complex (especially for the small-business owner), but you don't have to go it alone. CPA and Attorney Mark J. Kohler delivers a comprehensive analysis of the new tax and legal structure you desperately need to help make the new tax law work for you.
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"Learn how to thrive in even the most volatile economic climate with smart strategies from USA TODAY's top small-business columnist Owning a small business can be challenging enough even in the best of times. And when times get tough-whether the challenges are brought about by pandemics, recessions or any other volatility, you need every tool sharpened and ready to go. You'll find them all in Your Small Business Boom, with the latest in entrepreneurial...
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In this book, Raymond and Dorothy Moore give you some great advice for successfully managing your family. Then, after you've organized your home, they show you creative and practical ways that your family can start a home business together.
Through many true stories about families that are successfully managing their homes, the Moores help you manage your family effectively by showing you:
The importance of mutual respect of parents and children
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"Time is not money. Time is life force. Your time is far more precious than money. It is your presence, your memories, your quality of life. As a business owner, you are already paying a risk and pressure tax. For many, growth fueled by added stress is not worth the trade-off. You have an urge to simplify and streamline instead. Ask yourself: Are you consistently doing the work that you and only you can do? Or are you burdened by busywork, the bottleneck...
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"When columnist Paul Downs was approached by The New York Times to write for their "You're the Boss" blog, he had been running his custom furniture business for twenty-four years strong. or mostly strong. Now, in his first book, Downs paints an honest portrait of a real business, with a real boss, a real set of employees, and the real challenges they face. Fresh out of college in 1986, Downs opened his first business, a small company that builds custom...
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This book is packed with tips and guidelines not only for paying out less in tax but also for gaining the greatest possible advantage out of each IRS rule and regulation. You'll learn how to: choose the right accounting style for your needs, navigate the complex tax maze without losing the bank, set up a business plan that helps minimize payout, use record-keeping techniques that increase deductible expenses, spot errors in 1099s and handle them properly,...
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"Journalist Gary Rivlin looks at how COVID-19 and government policies affected businesses throughout the pandemic"--
Americans extol the virtues of small, local, often family-run shops, yet buy from big-box retailers and chains that dominate the competition. Even before the pandemic, small businesses seemed endangered. When COVID-19 hit, the resounding question was: How will they be able to survive this? Rivlin focuses on the first days of the covid...
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This is the first book to present innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline. It clearly explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. Peter Drucker, the most influential and widely-read thinker and writer on modern organizations, gives us a superbly practical book that explains what established businesses, public service institutions, and new ventures have to know,...
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"Small business specialist Elaine Pofeldt offers her blueprint for getting a running start with your microbusiness—that is, a business with no more than 20 employees, including yourself. Following her previous book, The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, Pofeldt gives readers the steps toward their next entrepreneurial venture, including testing an idea’s market viability while limiting risk, finding cash without giving up control, protecting...
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"Too many of us feel trapped by work that doesn't allow us to live our purpose, feed our passions, or use our gifts. We fantasize about starting our own business, but we're told this will mean going deeply into debt, spending years working eighty hours a week, and coping with the relentless pressure to grow. Sharon Rowe says there's another way: go tiny. She is here to show you how. Tiny isn't a size--it's a state of mind. Like a tiny house, a tiny...
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The microbusiness is huge! That's not just a play on words but an indisputable fact that millions of budding entrepreneurs have already figured out. On top of adding to their income and creating safety nets in case the ax falls at work, they have been able to unlock their creativity and find a sense of fulfillment they never dreamed possible--or rather day-dreamed possible from their uninspiring cubicle.
In The Economy of You, author and microbusiness...
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