Small Business For Dummies, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-470-17747-1
Paperback
432 pages
March 2008
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Introduction.

Part I: Becoming an Entrepreneur.

Chapter 1: Is Small Business for You?

Chapter 2: Laying Your Personal Financial Foundation.

Chapter 3: Finding Your Niche.

Chapter 4: Crafting Your Plans.

Chapter 5: Financing, Ownership, and Organizational Decisions.

Part II: Buying an Existing Business.

Chapter 6: Exploring Buying a Business.

Chapter 7: Finding the Right Business to Buy.

Chapter 8: Evaluating a Business to Buy.

Chapter 9: Negotiating Terms and Sealing the Deal.

Part III: Running a Successful Small Business.

Chapter 10: Owners as Jack-of-All-Trades.

Chapter 11: Marketing: Product, Pricing, Distribution, Promotion, and Sales.

Chapter 12: Keeping Your Customers Loyal.

Chapter 13: Managing Profitability and Cash.

Chapter 14: Learning from Others’ Experiences.

Part IV: Keeping Your Business in Business.

Chapter 15: Finding and Keeping Superstar Employees.

Chapter 16: Providing Employee Benefits.

Chapter 17: Handling Regulatory and Legal Issues.

Chapter 18: Mastering Small-Business Taxes.

Chapter 19: Cultivating a Growing Business.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Home-Based Businesses.

Chapter 21: Ten Smart Ways to Harness Technology.

Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Managing Your Growing Business.

Index.