Eric Tyson – Small Business for Dummies

The leading resource for starting and running any smallbusiness

Want to start a small business — or energize the one youalready have? This practical, no-nonsense guide gives you expertadvice on everything from generating ideas and locating start-upmoney to hiring the right people, balancing the books, and planningfor growth.

• Start from scratch — overturn all the stones of a typicalsmall business start-up, from choosing the right niche for you towriting a business plan to creating the right legal framework
• If you buy it, will they come? — evaluate an existingbusiness, determine a price, and know what to do after the sale iscomplete
• Get your motor runnin’ — discover how to solve the mostcompellingproblems facing small businesses, from sales creation andmarketing to operational issues (and everything in between)
• Stay in business — delve into the day-to-day issues you’llface as your business grows, like hiring and maintaining employees,tax laws, and government regulations

“No one should try to start a business without this book.”
—Hattie Bryant, creator of the PBS series SmallBusiness 2000

“Eric Tyson continues his never-ending quest to help people gaineconomic self-sufficiency and freedom.”
—Jim Collins, coauthor of Built to Last andauthor of Good to Great

Learn to:

• Keep your business “in business” for the long haul
• Implement the latest in financing, hiring, health plans, andmore
• Utilize the latest technology and social media sites in yoursmall business

Open the book and find:

• Advice on gauging whetherentrepreneurship is for you
• Tips on personal money management
• Ways to successfully start or rejuvenate your small business
• How to write a strategic business plan
• Guidance on locating financing
• The advantages of buying an existing business
• Plain-English explanations of legal and tax issues
• Time-tested problem-solving tips