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Why do so many business owners dread looking at the numbers? The simple truth is that no one else will ever be as invested in their company as they are -- and they need to take control. As a small-business owner, financial statements are your most important tools -- and if you don't know how to read them and understand their implications, you cannot possibly steer your business successfully. Accounting for the Numberphobic demystifies your company's...
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Provides advice for small business owners, discussing writing a business plan, finding a location, protecting business interests, composing a vision statement, ethical leadership, labor legalities, nurturing employees, strategic planning, marketing, customer service, and much more.
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Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. He walks you through the steps in the life of a business from entrepreneurial infancy, through adolescent growing pains, to the mature entrepreneurial perspective, the guiding light of all businesses that succeed. He then shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business whether or not...
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"El libro El arte de la guerra ha inspirado a líderes en todo el mundo con sus brillantes estrategias para prevalecer sobre los adversarios, a pesar de lo grande o intimidante que estos sean. Estrategia, posicionamiento, planeamiento, liderazgo--todo esto es esencial para convertirse en un oponente más fuerte y con mejores bases. Los propietarios de pequeños negocios que contienden por el mercado, pueden en la misma forma, vencer a grandes negocio--incluyendo...
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Project management can help companies become more efficient and profitable. But as a seasoned project management consultant, educator, and writer, author Joseph Phillips teaches that the how of successful project management looks different for every business. Grounded in years of his real-world experience, Project Management for Small Business introduces readers to the core principles and techniques of project management adapted and simplified to...
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"There are 41m solopreneurs in the US and 3.5m in the UK. Many of these are not twenty-something tiktokers, they are 30 leveraging their learned experience as freelancers, designers, consultants, coaches and marketers. The challenge for all expertise led businesses is they have a blind spot, they struggle to market themselves because they are their product. Many of them don't aspire to go global, but their continual struggle to market themselves leaves...
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"All too often, entrepreneurs begin a small business to create a sense of security. They become sole proprietors or perhaps employ only one or two people. The business becomes a perpetual existence, like a mechanic, a doctor, a therapist, or a retailer who does the same thing over and over again to generate a stream of income. The small business person fails to grow, marking time by repeating the same service in a perpetual cycle throughout the life...
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The author of the bestselling Building a StoryBrand discusses the ways that small business owners can identify and reach key customers, find and hire the best job candidates, and expand their business.
"Running a small business is no easy feat. As a small business owner, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the number of hats you have to wear to be successful. You started the business so you could share the product you love with the world, but logistics...
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"Combined with lessons she learned from growing a small family business into an organization with annual revenue topping $40 million, Fischer offers practical tools for taking stock of where you are and charting an actionable plan for getting where you want to go so that you too can create hypergrowth in your business"--
11) Money-smart solopreneur: a personal finance system for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and side-hustlers
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"This book answers questions every aspiring and new entrepreneur has about creating a business and building a secure financial future. A complete guide for what to do, critical mistakes to avoid, and how to start a solo business while mitigating financial risk. Topics covered include: managing self-employed income, working as a solopreneur, creating a financial safety net, choosing a business structure, paying self-employment taxes, negotiating, managing...
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Confused about financial management? Problem solved.
Schaum's Outline of Financial Management provides a succinct review of all financial management concepts in topics such as financial forecasting, planning and budgeting, the management of working capital, short-term financing, time value of money, risk, return, and valuation, capital budgeting, and more.
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This simple and direct guide gives readers advice on everything from generating ideas and locating start-up money to hiring the right people, balancing the books, and planning for growth. The author also provides information on improving management skills, developing a marketing strategy, keeping customers loyal, and much more.
14) WORTH EVERY PENNY: BUILD A BUSINESS THAT THRILLS YOUR CUSTOMERS and STILL CHARGE WHAT YOU'RE WORTH
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A revelation for small business owners: creating a profitable business is possible without getting into a slash-and-burn price war with your competitors. Petty and Verbeck inspire you to live your passion and pass your enthusiasm on to your customers, without succumbing to the pressure to discount.
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"Completely revised and updated edition of this very popular and successful small business book. The first edition of 201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business was hailed by management guru and author Tom Peters as "Brilliantly researched; Brilliantly written; A gem of priceless value on almost every page; Read; Inhale; Absorb; Great Stuff!." In this completely updated third edition of 201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business, renowned small-business...
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"Journalist Gary Rivlin looks at how COVID-19 and government policies affected businesses throughout the pandemic"--
Americans extol the virtues of small, local, often family-run shops, yet buy from big-box retailers and chains that dominate the competition. Even before the pandemic, small businesses seemed endangered. When COVID-19 hit, the resounding question was: How will they be able to survive this? Rivlin focuses on the first days of the covid...
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In From 50 to 500, the authors identify key characteristics of small companies with the potential for rapid growth. Using this perspective, they present a highly relevant, easy-to-understand and actionable model, defining the motivators, capabilities and potential derailers unique to small business leaders. Readers are then invited to explore the distinct business challenges two typical leaders face over a business cycle. Opportunities to evaluate...
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"Franchise expert and consultant Mark Siebert knows that the key to duplicating success is a solid system that's easy to follow. Taking a page from successful franchises, The Multiplier Model delivers a step-by-step process to creating a business with systems and processes for exponential growth and profits"--
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