Advising Small Businesses PDF Download

Like having a team of top business consultants on call, 24 hours a day...but a whole lot cheaper. From the experts at Entrepreneur magazine comes your total guide to starting, managing, and growing a small business. Written to meet all the information needs of entrepreneurs, small business owners, and those thinking about going into business for themselves, this practical, user-friendly guide tells you everything you need to know about setting goals and objectives, assessing risk, finding the right location, financing, marketing, pricing, taxation, insurance, record keeping, personnel management, purchasing, inventory, time and stress management, legal matters, advertising, sales, obtaining expansion capital, and many other topics of vital importance to smart, enterprising business people like you. Proven strategies, techniques, and expert tips on every aspect of starting, managing, and growing a small business. Defines all important terms and clearly explains difficult concepts in plain English. Packed with useful worksheets, checklists, sample forms, and other valuable business tools that you can put to work for you, today. Chapters include listings of trade associations, periodicals, on-line services, software, government agencies, and other valuable sources of business assistance and information. Also available from the Entrepreneur library: Entrepreneur Starting an Import/Export Business, Entrepreneur Making Money With Your Personal Computer.