The Small Business Owner's Manual: Everything You Need to Know…

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An owner's manual provides quick, practical, and direct advice, and that's what you get with this book!

The Small Business Owner's Manual is useful for both start-up entrepreneurs and experienced business owners and can be read from cover to cover or to quickly find information in the midst of a crisis. For example:

Choose from 13 ways to get new financing and 17 steps to creating a winning loan package. Weigh the pros and cons between 8 legal structures, from corporations to LLCs. Write winning ads and analyze 16 advertising and marketing alternatives, including the latest in search engine marketing. and search engine optimization. Develop a powerful business plan in half the time. Learn how to sell products and services considering 10 possible sales and distribution channels. Discover the latest trends to set up a website and e-store quickly and affordably. Pay taxes on time, collect debtors, protect the business from litigation, and obtain effective legal settlements by finding and partnering effectively with CPAs and attorneys. Get a quick overview of the 14 major forms of commercial insurance, including workers' compensation and medical.

Looking to rent? Exploit a comprehensive review of the top 18 critical factors used to evaluate locations and 24 of the most important clauses in lease agreements.

Understand the legal side of hiring, firing, and managing employees and contractors. Minimize taxes by learning the ins and outs of business income taxes, the top 5 payroll taxes, sales and use taxes, common tax dodges, and the latest loopholes for business owners. Also included are filing times, form names, form numbers, and download links.

Credit cards are essential today, so learn how the system really works and minimize chargebacks, disputes, and headaches. Includes 35 important definitions and 12 ways to minimize fraud. Many more too!

Joe Kennedy has over twenty years of experience operating and working with hundreds of small businesses, a bachelor's degree in finance, and an MBA. He knows how entrepreneurs think and their drive to get to the heart of a problem, make the right decision, and move on quickly. Impatient business owners will prefer this book as only the most relevant information is provided. There are some more important books, but this one isn't packed with clutter and other information I already knew. With years of experience in the IT industry, Joe also knows a lot about the Internet, which is why the content here is better than web-based searches.

The Small Business Owner's Manual is ideal for business starters, existing business operators, or as a gift.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Weiser; First edition (June 15, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Softcover ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1564148130
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1564148131
Item Weight ‏: ‎ 1.2 lbs
Dimensions: 7.06 x 0.64 x 9.96 inches