Expert guidance on managing your business for maximum profit This book examines the elements critical to running a business, picking up where the bestselling Start Your Own Business leaves off, with tips on leadership, customer service, financials, and more. It includes lessons from seasoned businesspeople experienced in the situations new entrepreneurs face daily.

Don't Just Plan-Zero In on a Winning Business Model! Before you write a business plan, before you start marketing, before you look for funding, you should develop the most important tool in your business arsenal: a business model. A great business model sets amazing successes apart from failures. Don Debelak reveals how to create a winning business concept, develop a business plan around it, and turn it into a successful business venture. Whether you're starting a new business or looking to revitalize an existing operation, you'll learn: What a model is, why it's important, how it works and how it can improve your business How to maximize your chances of success with an easy-to-use scoring system How to use your business model to increase your chances of receiving funding Strategies for using your model to write a business plan that really works Take your business to the height of success with this can't-miss strategy.

Is this blue book more valuable than a business degree? Most people enter their professional careers not understanding how to grow a business. At times, this makes them feel lost, or worse, like a fraud pretending to know what they’re doing. It’s hard to be successful without a clear understanding of how business works. These 60 daily readings are crucial for any professional or business owner who wants to take their career to the next level. New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Donald Miller knows that business is more than just a good idea made profitable – it’s a system of unspoken rules, rarely taught by MBA schools. If you are attempting to profitably grow your business or career, you need elite business knowledge—knowledge that creates tangible value. Even if you had the time, access, or money to attend a Top 20 business school, you would still be missing the practical knowledge that propels the best and brightest forward. However, there is another way to achieve this insider skill development, which can both drastically improve your career earnings and the satisfaction of achieving your goals. Donald Miller learned how to rise to the top using the principles he shares in this book. He wrote Business Made Simple to teach others what it takes to grow your career and create a company that is healthy and profitable. These short, daily entries and accompanying videos will add enormous value to your business and the organization you work for. In this sixty-day guide, readers will be introduced to the nine areas where truly successful leaders and their businesses excel: Character: What kind of person succeeds in business? Leadership: How do you unite a team around a mission? Personal Productivity: How can you get more done in less time? Messaging: Why aren’t customers paying more attention? Marketing: How do I build a sales funnel? Business Strategy: How does a business really work? Execution: How can we get things done? Sales: How do I close more sales? Management: What does a good manager do? Business Made Simple is the must-have guide for anyone who feels lost or overwhelmed by the modern business climate, even if they attended business school. Learn what the most successful business leaders have known for years through the simple but effective secrets shared in these pages. Take things further: If you want to be worth more as a business professional, read each daily entry and follow along with the free videos that will be sent to you after you buy the book.

Let the experts at Inc.guide you through every critical step and potential pitfall as their on-the-ground reporting shows how to locate funding, manage your money, and smart hack your way to a comfortable retirement. Startup Money Made Easy gathers the best advice from the magazine’s pages, spotlighting celebrated entrepreneurs and inspiring stories. You’ll hear from: FUBU founder Daymond John, who mortgaged his family home for start-up capital—and built a $6 billion empire Makeup artist Bobbi Brown, who turned a modest lipstick line into a profitable 30-store enterprise Alexa von Tobel, who dropped out of Harvard Business School to launch the equity-magnate LearnVest.com Mark Cuban, Sallie Krawcheck, Max Levchin, and other founders who overcame financial obstacles on their way to the top Additionally, these stories include on-target tips that explain how to: Raise your first $10,000 in capital Power through the lean years Get friends and family to back you up Round up outside investors Go public or sell, while still staying in charge Reward people with great salaries and benefits Eliminate tax season surprises Grow without growing pains Cash flow problems are the number-one business killer. Whether you’re dreaming up a startup idea or knee deep in the craziness, learn to shore up your finances and safeguard the business.

The ultimate guide to running a tax-efficient home-based business Today, millions of people are making either a full- or part-time living selling things on Internet auction sites like eBay. Still more are making a living selling products from their homes--think Mary Kay and Avon. If you're just entering the home-based or online business arena, you might not be aware of your potential tax liability. With J.K. Lasser's From eBay to Mary Kay, leading tax consultant Gary Carter walks you through the challenges of accounting for a home-based business. Topics covered throughout this comprehensive guide include: * Can you deduct the use of your home? * Are there ways to avoid taxes entirely? * What types of taxes might you owe? * How do you account for your inventory? * What are the rules on collecting sales and use taxes? The advantages of operating a home-based business are countless, but many owners don't realize--and are often unprepared to handle--the host of complex tax issues surrounding them. J.K. Lasser's From eBay to Mary Kay will show you how to account for your home-based business and avoid unnecessary tax trouble. J.K. Lasser--Practical Guides for All Your Financial Needs Please visit our Web site at www.jklasser.com

Are you interested in postgraduate studies but worried about the research component? Are you faced with a complex business problem and do not know how to go about solving it? With changes in the world of work come new theories, new meanings and new applications. These require scientific methodologies and research strategies to obtain data and analyse it in such a way that the outcomes are reliable and generalisable. Research is synonymous with knowledge-creating which, in turn, is linked to innovation. Both of these are critical for economic and social development, as well as business development. But not all business practitioners are good researchers. And the broad landscape of the modern business world begs for a set of plans and models that can simultaneously provide stability and a breadth of development. This book offers this. The book provides easy referencing to most research techniques in the business domain. Depending on the problem at hand, there are numerous quantitative and qualitative methods described, as well as ways and means to write down the main problem. Beginners and specialists are reminded how to read and write academically and how to become good researchers.

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.

- Are you fed up working for your boss? - Are you doing OK but would like to earn some extra money? - Do you never have any money? - Do you want to leave the rat race? - Are you working flat out for low wages and you just want more? - Have you got an expensive wedding coming up? - Do you fancy a holiday but haven't got any disposable income? - Are you bored and have nothing to do in your free time? - Are you counting the pennies each month only to discover you haven't got enough? - Do you have credit card bills you want to pay off but haven't got the money? - Are you an O.A.P and would love something to do? - You can't find a job? - Do you want to spend more time with your family? Congratulations.... you want to do something about it! If you can answer "Yes" to any of the above questions, you're not alone! A lot of people have asked me over the years: "I would love to work from home. Can you give me some ideas?" I have been working from home for the last 8 years and I totally l o v e it! I am pretty sure I'll never work for somebody else again! You can do this too. All you need is persistence and dedication! Oh, I almost forgot to mention, you will also have to do some work! Easy to understand and read, this is a must have book for anyone who wants to earn some extra money or set up a business working from home. Whether you want to earn a full time living or just earn some extra money, you'll find plenty of ideas: 463 to be exact! I hope that you will find some ideas in this book that you will put into practice so you can improve your financial situation. Good luck! Covered in this book: - Being an entrepreneur - Home based business basics - Advantages and disadvantages of working from home - About your skills - The importance of getting prepared - How to find the right idea for you - Home office tips - Time management tips - Working alone - How to promote your business - The 10 most important things to succeed - Crazy ideas already done - Make money offline ideas - Make money online - NO website needed - ideas - Make money online - your own website needed - ideas - A word about taxes Christine Clayfield is a full time Internet marketer and has been for many years. She is the author of: "From Newbie To Millionaire," "Drop Shipping and eCommerce. What You Need And Where To Get it," "Finding Niches Made Easy" and "Design Free Websites" She is also the creator of the Self Publishing Video Tutorials: www.WorldWideSelfPublishing.com Armed with just passion and drive, she made it her mission to understand all aspects of Internet marketing. She has helped countless people to get to grips with making money online. She has lots of niche websites, runs a few eCommerce websites and she has self published over 200 books, all in different niches. More information about Christine: www.ChristineClayfield.com

Make your business a hot spot Most towns have one--a legendary local business that consistently attracts people from miles around. It's the place that the locals proudly bring visiting relatives and friends to, the place that's always jumping with turbocharged workers and lines of delighted customers, even while nearby competitors are struggling just to stay in business. It's a "flashpoint" business: one where employee and customer excitement catch fire and fuel each other. Want to turn your business into a flashpoint business? This book will teach you exactly how to ignite the spark. Motivate employees to go the extra mile for customers Encourage employees to brainstorm and implement their own innovative customer service ideas Make positive customer feedback a powerful antidote to employee apathy Use "time-release motivators" to sustain the excitement Follow this book's simple yet powerful formula to create a more customer-focused culture--and gain the competitive upper hand.

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