Small Business Kit For Dummies
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Small Business Kit For Dummies

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Small Business Kit For Dummies

About this book

Get your small business up and running — and keep it running for years to come. Millions of Americans own their own businesses, and millions more dream of doing the same. But starting your own business is a pretty complicated matter, especially with all the legal issues and paperwork. This updated edition of the top-selling small business resource is chock-full of information, resources, and helpful hints on making the transition from a great idea to a great business.

If you've got a great idea for your own business, you need the kind of straightforward advice you'll find here — the kind of advice you'd normally only get from business schools and MBA courses. Small Business Kit For Dummies, Second Edition covers all the basics on:

  • Recent tax law changes
  • Balancing your finances
  • Hiring and keeping employees
  • Effective management strategies
  • Accounting fundamentals

In addition to the basics of business, you'll also find top-class advice on more advanced business basics, like business plans, the ins and outs of contracts, and using the Internet to expand your business. For entrepreneurs large and small, this comprehensive resource offers authoritative guidance on all your biggest business concerns, and offers unbeatable advice on such topics as:

  • Choosing your business structure — from LLCs to S corps
  • How to develop and write a standard business proposal
  • Going public, issuing stock, and keeping a stock ledger
  • Raising capital and understanding securities laws
  • Bookkeeping standard practices
  • Tax basics for small businesses
  • Handling the paperwork for new hires
  • Designing employee compensation plans
  • Working with independent contractors and consultants
  • Patent and copyright protections
  • Dealing with the Press

In addition, the book includes a CD-ROM full of helpful resources — forms, contracts, and even sample versions of the most popular software for small businesses. With Small Business Kit For Dummies you'll find all the tools you need to get your small business up and running — and keep it running for years and years to come.

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Information

Publisher
For Dummies
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780764559846
eBook ISBN
9781118054109
Edition
2
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Small Business
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I : Starting Up Your Business
  5. Chapter 1: Choosing Your Business Entity
  6. Chapter 2: Business Plans
  7. Chapter 3: Organizing a Corporation
  8. Part II : Money Matters
  9. Chapter 4: Raising Capital for Your Business
  10. Chapter 5: Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics
  11. Chapter 6: Small Business Tax Basics
  12. Part III : Employee and Consultant Issues
  13. Chapter 7: Employee Hiring Tools
  14. Chapter 8: Motivating and Retaining Employees
  15. Chapter 9: Avoiding Employee Problems
  16. Chapter 10: Independent Contractor and Consultant Agreements
  17. Part IV : Bulletproofing Your Business
  18. Chapter 11: Key Contracts
  19. Chapter 12: Legal Issues
  20. Chapter 13: Protecting Your Ideas and Inventions
  21. Chapter 14: Avoiding Customer Problems
  22. Chapter 15: Real Estate Leases for Your Business
  23. Part V : Spreading the Word
  24. Chapter 16: Web Sites, Your Business, and You
  25. Chapter 17: Press Releases and Dealing with the Press
  26. Part VI : The Part of Tens
  27. Chapter 18: Ten Ideas to Make Your Business More Successful
  28. Chapter 19: Ten Great Web Sites for Small Businesses
  29. Chapter 20: (Almost) Ten Great Publications for Small Businesses
  30. Appendix: What’s on the CD-ROM
  31. : Wiley Publishing, Inc. End-User License Agreement