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A business classic that has been guiding new entrepreneurs through the process of launching their businesses for more than a quarter of a century, this book has now been revised to feature the most up-to-date information, forms, examples, and worksheets. It emphasizes all of the mechanics of the start-up, including choosing a business, legal structure, location, and DBAs. Additional chapters cover home-based business, proprietary rights, financing
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiii, 280 pages) : color illustrations
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English
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"Despite popular belief to the contrary, entrepreneurship in the United States is dying. It has been since before the Great Recession of 2008, and the negative trend in American entrepreneurship has been accelerated by the Covid pandemic. New firms are being started at a slower rate, are employing fewer workers, and are being formed disproportionately in just a few major cities in the U.S. At the same time, large chains are opening more locations....
16) The engine of America: the secrets to small business success from entrepreneurs who have made it!
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John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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Business Plus
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 279 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"While playing hooky from a conference in Boston a few years back, three former colleagues from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management hopped in a car and headed on a road trip. They pulled into a shoe store in Maine and noticed that the sales help was unusually pushy. After a few questions, they discovered the store had a "secret shopper" program, in which employees would be marked down if they were not sufficiently aggressive with customers....
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Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xiii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"When columnist Paul Downs was approached by The New York Times to write for their "You're the Boss" blog, he had been running his custom furniture business for twenty-four years strong, or mostly strong. Now, in his first book, Downs paints an honest portrait of a real business, with a real boss, a real set of employees, and the real challenges they face."--
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