Small Business Problems


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Small Business For Dummies®


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Want to start the small business of your dreams? Want to breathe new life into the one you already have? Small Business For Dummies, 3rd Edition provides authoritative guidance on every aspect of starting and growing your business, from financing and budgeting to marketing, management and beyond. This completely practical, no-nonsense guide gives you expert advice on everything from generating ideas and locating start-up money to hiring the right people, balancing the books, and planning for growth. You’ll get plenty of help in ramping up your management skills, developing a marketing strategy, keeping your customers loyal, and much more. You’ll also find out to use the latest technology to improve your business’s performance at every level. Discover how to: Make sure that small-business ownership is for you Find your niche and time your start-up Turn your ideas into plans Determine your start-up costs Obtain financing with the best possible terms Decide whether or not to incorporate Make sense of financial statements Navigate legal and tax issues Buy an existing business Set up a home-based business Publicize your business and market your wares Keep your customers coming back for more Track cash flow, costs and profits Keep your business in business and growing You have the energy, drive, passion, and smarts to make your small business a huge success. Small Business For Dummies, 3rd Edition, provides the rest.




Introduction to Business


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Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond. This is an adaptation of Introduction to Business by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.




How to Get Rich


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Uncover the secret to financial success with advice from self-made millionaire Felix Dennis. Felix Dennis is an expert at proving people wrong. Starting as a college dropout with no family money, he created a publishing empire, founded Maxim magazine, made himself one of the richest people in the UK, and had a blast in the process. How to Get Rich is different from any other book on the subject because Dennis isn’t selling snake oil, investment tips, or motivational claptrap. He merely wants to help people embrace entrepreneurship, and to share lessons he learned the hard way. He reveals, for example, why a regular paycheck is like crack cocaine; why great ideas are vastly overrated; and why “ownership isn't the important thing, it’s the only thing.”




Small Business Survival Book


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Owning a small business can be a fulfilling and financially rewarding experience, but to be successful, you must know what to do before starting a business; what to do while the business is up and running; and, most importantly, what to do when the business runs into trouble. With a combined fifty years of small business experience between them, authors Barbara Weltman and Jerry Silberman know what it takes to make it in this competitive environment, and in Small Business Survival Book, they show you how. In a clear and concise voice, Weltman and Silberman reveal twelve surefire ways to help your small business survive and thrive in today's market. With this book as your guide, you'll discover how to: * Delegate effectively * Monitor cash flow * Extend credit and stay on top of collections * Build and maintain credit and restructure your debt * Meet your tax obligations * Grow your business with successful marketing strategies * Use legal protections * Plan for catastrophe and disaster recovery Whether you're considering starting a new business or looking to improve your current venture, Small Business Survival Book has what you need to succeed.




Small Business Cash Flow


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Many small business owners don’t understand the importance of maintaining a healthy cash flow. More than anything else, cash flow determines the success or failure of a small business. Small Business Cash Flow covers all the basics of cash flow, from selecting a great accountant, to keeping money flowing in and out of the business, to budgeting and record-keeping.




Understanding The Small Business Sector


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Originally published in 1994, this text analyses the key issues that influence the growth and development of small businesses. Looking at the concept in which they operate, the book outlines the factors that are dominant in the sector and explores the effects if has on the economy. Is the creation of small businesses the answer to unemployment? Has the lowering of interest rates or taxation encouraged the self-employed to work harder? Have banks given small business a raw deal? These are just some of the questions discussed as David Storey explains the issues of employment, finance and policy and the issues dictating failure or success.




Challenges to Modern Business


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Businesses in the twenty-first century are in a battle to keep up with constant, and dynamic changes. Many changes are new with no historical archives from which to research possible solutions. Whether these changes are political, social, economic, technological, or environmental, they impact all types of businesses from the small business to the large corporation. Whether a student or a business professional, this book will enlighten you to the challenges faced on a daily basis in the business world. The challenges addressed in this book are: Objectives and Goals of a business, Understanding and Retaining Customers, Facing Unexpected Challenges, Human Resource Departments, Leadership, Understanding the Supply Chain, Ethics, Social Responsibility and White Collar Crime, and Substance Abuse in the Workplace.




Accounting for Small Business Owners


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Owning and running a small business can be complicated. On top of developing, marketing and selling your product or service, you ve got to be prepared to handle the money that is coming in, pay your employees, track expenditures, consider your stock options, and much more. Accounting for Small Business Owners covers the entire process of establishing solid accounting for your business and common financial scenarios, and will show you how to: Set up and run your business : Manage and sell your product or service : Perform a month-end balancing of accounts. Packed with definitions of basic accounting terms, sample accounting statements, and a wealth of tips and tricks to simplify the accounting process.




The Small Business Turnaround Guide


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There is probably nothing more exhilarating, nothing that gets one’s adrenalin flowing than when a business owner’s plans come together and the business becomes a reality. The feeling of being “your own boss” brings on genuine euphoria. The proud new business owner is walking on air. Unfortunately, there is not always a happy ending. All too soon reality sets in and it is not always pretty. Reality takes the form of bills that have to be paid, customers who have to be satisfied and payroll deadlines that have to be met. These shattered dreams are not unusual. According to the United States Census Bureau 10% of United States businesses close each year and with them come shattered dreams and shattered lives. But it doesn’t have to end this way. In "The Small Business Turn Around Guide: Take Your Business From Troubled To Triumphant," Sandy Steinman gives struggling business owners hope and he takes them through the steps to implement processes that solve the most common small business problems. These are the same processes that Steinman has actually implemented and which have added millions of dollars to his client companies’ bottom line. Additionally, he makes available at no cost, the spreadsheets and forms that are integral to the successful turnaround of your individual business. If you are a small business owner and are struggling with cash shortfalls. employees who are unmotivated and have no idea what is expected of them, reports that are not actionable, or dozens of other issues common to other struggling business owners, "The Small Business Turn Around Guide" is for you. From the moment you read the first chapter and learn how to stop the bleeding and how to get control of your cash, you will know that there is real hope for your situation.