Start Your Own Business by Rieva Lesonsky (Editor), John McKinley (Illustrator)

Book Description

Make your dreams of starting a business come true! It's easy with this step-by-step guide. Packed with expert advice, this book demystifies the start-up process with plain-English answers to the most commonly asked questions about starting a small business. It's like having your own personal start-up expert. You get in-depth information on:

Evaluating your business idea
Conducting market research
Choosing a business structure
Creating a winning business plan
Where to find financing
Bookkeeping and taxes
And much more

Hundreds of illustrations, tip boxes, forms and worksheets make understanding even the most complex issues a breeze. There's even a special quiz you can take to see if you have the "right stuff" to become a business owner.

Synopsis
Make dreams of staring a business come true! Packed with expert advice, this book demystifies the start-up process with plain-English answers to the most commonly asked questions about starting a small business. B&W illustrations.

From the Author
Some will tell you that the path to business ownership is a perilous one -- but it's not. However, it is not without it's curves, speed bumps and detours. Start Your Own Business walks you through every aspect of business start-up, from evaluating your business ideas to how much to charge for your products or services to the best--and most affordable--equipment to buy to how find the money to get started. Heck, this book will help you --even if you don't have a clue about what business you want to start.

Start Your Own Business takes you step-by-step through the start-up journey. Along the way we provide lots of forms, work sheets and checklists you can actually use in your business, as well as to make sure you stay on the right track. And the book is chock full of business resources with addresses and phone numbers.

Starting your own business is not as mysterious as some would have you believe--nor as frightening or risky as legend would have it. But it is a journey that is better not taken alone. With Start Your Own Business as your companion, you will be a wiser traveler on the road to business ownership. So, what are you waiting for get a copy of Start Your Own Business and get started on your path to independence and success.