The Everything Home-Based Business Book: Start and Run Your Own Money-Making Venture

✍ Scribed by Jeffery, Yvonne;Linsenbach, Sherri

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Series: Everything
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Top Ten Reasons to Run Your Own Home-Based Business; Introduction; Chapter 1: Is a Home-Based Business Right for You?; Chapter 2: Are You Right for a Home-Based Business?; Chapter 3: Choosing the Business; Chapter 4: Researching the Market; Chapter 5: Writing Your Business Plan; Chapter 6: Buying a Business; Chapter 7: Finding Start-Up Funding; Chapter 8: Start-up Steps; Chapter 9: Putting Insurance in Place; Chapter 10: Legal Issues; Chapter 11: Setting Up Your Home Office; Chapter 12: Home Office Technology.;More than half of all new small businesses are home-based, according to the Federal Reserve Board. But starting a business and making a profit are two different things-as the high failure rate attests. Readers looking to beat the odds will turn to this completely revised and updated classic--a must-have for every business owner.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Book Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Top Ten Reasons to Run Your Own Home-Based Business
Introduction
Chapter 1: Is a Home-Based Business Right for You?
Chapter 2: Are You Right for a Home-Based Business?
Chapter 3: Choosing the Business
Chapter 4: Researching the Market
Chapter 5: Writing Your Business Plan
Chapter 6: Buying a Business
Chapter 7: Finding Start-Up Funding
Chapter 8: Start-up Steps
Chapter 9: Putting Insurance in Place
Chapter 10: Legal Issues
Chapter 11: Setting Up Your Home Office
Chapter 12: Home Office Technology. Chapter 13: Daily OperationsChapter 14: Managing Employees and Contractors
Chapter 15: Selling Your Product
Chapter 16: Network Your Way to Profit
Chapter 17: Advertising
Chapter 18: Gaining Positive Publicity
Chapter 19: Bookkeeping
Chapter 20: Taxes
Chapter 21: The Personal Side
Chapter 22: Moving On
Chapter 23: Problem Solving
Appendix A: Glossary of Basic Business Terms
Appendix B: Sample Business Plan: Gift Baskets Galore
Appendix C: H.

✦ Subjects

Home-based businesses;