The Virginia Entrepreneur's Guide


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Start a Business in Virginia


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This state-specific title in Entrepreneur's evergreen SmartStart series shows the reader how to start a business in Virginia. The staff of Entrepreneur Media presents essential guidance to aspiring business owners including state-specific rules, regulations, contacts, and statistics. Includes updated forms, worksheets, and tax information.







Start-Up Smarts


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"The section on testing your new business concept is unlike anything in any other book on start-ups. How much is it worth to know that your new business is something your customers will want--before you invest in it?" --Pat Cunningham, Wall Street Journal Advertising Advisor and former Vice Chairman, N. W. Ayer Global Advertising Agency "Start-Up Smarts is an explosive work of ten powerful, practical steps that lay out reality." --Dr. Jeffrey Magee, Publisher, Performance Magazine To make sure your start-up succeeds in the most profitable way, you need to plan and prepare your way to prosperity. This means learning the secrets of successful entrepreneurs--from knowing whom to trust to adapting in a changing marketplace. Start-up specialists and thriving business owners Barry H. Cohen and Michael Rybarski reveal the critical keys to getting your new business up and running a profit, in-cluding how to: Create a Flexible Business Plan Find Out What Your Customers Really Want Capitalize on the Right Trends Hire the Best People Choose the Most Lucrative Partners Complete with real-life success stories from first-time entrepreneurs and the best businesses to start right now, Start-Up Smarts guarantees your new business will prosper in any market!




How to Start a Business in Virginia


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SmartStart Your Business Today! How to Start a Business in Virginia is your road map to avoiding operational, legal and financial pitfalls and breaking through the bureaucratic red tape that often entangles new entrepreneurs. This all-in-one resource goes a step beyond other business how-to books to give you a jump-start on planning for your business. It provides you with: Valuable state-specific sample forms and letters on CD-ROM Mailing addresses, telephone numbers and websites for the federal, state, local and private agencies that will help get your business up and running State population statistics, income and consumption rates, major industry trends and overall business incentives to give you a better picture of doing business in Virginia Checklists, sample forms and a complete sample business plan to assist you with numerous startup details State-specific information on issues like choosing a legal form, selecting a business name, obtaining licenses and permits, registering to pay taxes and knowing your employer responsibilities Federal and state options for financing your new venture Resources, cost information, statistics and regulations have all been updated. That, plus a new easier-to-use layout putting all the state-specific information in one block of chapters, make this your must-have guide to getting your business off the ground.




How to Make Millions with Your Ideas


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You’ve come up with a brilliant idea for a brand-new product or service you know could make you rich. Or maybe you currently own a business that pays the bills, and your dream is to become fabulously successful and retire a millionaire. But how? How to Make Millions with Your Ideas has all the answers. This book is packed with the true stories and proven advice of ordinary people who began with just an idea, a simple product, or a fledgling business and wound up with millions. It examines the methods and principles of dozens of successful entrepreneurs, including author Dan Kennedy’s surefire, easy-to-follow Millionaire Maker Strategies. It helps you determine which of three paths to success are best for you and guides you step-by-step down that path on your way to fortune. Discover: · The eight best ways to make a fortune from scratch · How to turn a hobby into a million-dollar enterprise · How to sell an existing business for millions · The power of electronic media to help make you rich · The “Million Dollar Rolodex” of contacts and information you can use to get on the road to wealth




Ancient Inspirations


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This is not just a story. Its a historical fable designed to make you think as a leader. This fast-paced fictional story takes you through the roller-coaster rides experienced by leaders, whether you are managing a small business, home-based business, or even a large corporate company. While most self-help books teach you the how-to-do-it process, Ancient Inspirations provides you the necessary tools to deal with situations (problem-solving skills), even long after reading the book. This book has been written and rewritten many times over to produce the magical formula to address the everyday challenges and emotional roller coaster faced by the modern-day leader. It has been reviewed by industry leaders, MLM leaders, successful entrepreneurs, network-marketing professionals, and business coaches as highly recommended and a must read. It is a particularly useful tool for coaching and mentoring teams because you can break down each chapter and relate it to a specific situation that is relevant to the reader. The characters used in Ancient Inspirations depict real-life characters representing the typical personality profiles used by marketing teams, those in sales roles, and team leaders. Ancient Inspirations is not the typical step-by-step, follow this, and youll succeed kind of book, Theres plenty of those around. What this book does is delve deep into the mind-set of the average person who is embarking on a purpose-filled mission, someone who is about to do something great but lacks the self-confidence or direction. It follows his mind-set journey from a sense of failure, fear, and frustration to one of greatness and success.




An Active Duty Entrepreneurs Guide To Purchasing Investment Properties


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Finally, a Real Estate book that speaks to the heart and soul of the United States Service Member pursuing entrepreneurial endeavors while on Active Duty. In an effort to highlight military real estate investing experiences, this book was written with the U.S. Service Member in mind, all while preparing you for the journey of building your very own real estate portfolio while balancing your challenging military career. The "Active Duty Entrepreneurs Guide To Purchasing Investment Properties" was written to provide guidance, and inform Service Members on the power of home ownership and investment properties. Investing while on Active Duty can be challenging, but this manual reveals what it takes to get started. Providing real world scenarios, sound fundamental principles and guidance of homeownership and investing.




Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months


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"Become Your Own Boss is a must-read if you're thinking of launching a business of your own." --Jean Chatzky, bestselling author of Money 911 and Financial Editor, NBC Today Create a successful business this year! Written by America's #1 Small Business Expert, this essential handbook shows you how to launch your own business in just twelve months. Using her years of experience in business development, Melinda Emerson guides you through the process with step-by-step instructions for developing an effective marketing plan, setting a budget, and maintaining your business once it's up and running. She also offers brand-new strategies for obtaining financing through means like crowdsourcing as well as social media techniques that help build your business--all of which has been updated for today's market. With Emerson's expert business advice, you will finally follow your dreams and become your own boss!




SmartStart Your Virginia Business


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The SmartStart Your Business series is chockfull of valuable business start-up information. Whereas most start-up books give an overview of basic legal requirements, each SmartStart guide goes a step beyond and gives its readers the state-specific laws, regulations, and fees and tells how to get in touch with the federal, state, and local agencies that govern small business.The most complete and up-to-date sourcebook of its kind. SmartStart also gives pointers on writing a successful business plan and setting up a winning marketing strategy. Readers will learn the most current financing programs available in their state and understand how to obtain both short-term and long-term financing, and, once they're up and running, how to manage their business' finances properly. What's more, readers are given the latest on: