What No One Ever Tells You about Starting Your Own Business: Real-Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs by Jan Norman

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An updated picture of the trials and triumphs of today's entrepreneur increase the company's bottom line.
Starting a business involves inevitable ups and downs, for first-time as well as experienced entrepreneurs. This updated, expanded edition by Jan Norman, one of the nation's foremost small business authorities, guides readers through every stage of business start-up, from planning to marketing.
What No One Ever Tells You about Starting Your Own Business is designed for people who are launching a business, whether they be first-time entrepreneurs or people who have been tripped up by the start-up process before and want to do it right this time. Using the real-life experiences of 101 successful business owners, Norman combines practical, straightforward how-to advice with interesting and memorable narratives. The updated second edition includes:
* Thirty new start-up stories from successful entrepreneurs.
* All-new advice about how to make maximum use of the Internet.
* An expanded resources section with helpful information about start-up assistance.
* Detailed how-to tips about writing business plans, selecting the right business, what financial records to keep, and more.
The eye-opening lessons from successful business owners who learned the hard way are akin to hiring a personal entrepreneurial coach to point out potential roadblocks in advance.

Product Details

• ISBN: 0793185963
  
• ISBN-13: 9780793185962
• Format: Textbook Paperback, 240pp
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Pub. Date: July 2004
• Edition Number: 2
• Sales Rank: 80,331

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