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The Complete Small Business Start-Up Guide
An update of the smart, comprehensive guide for today’s entrepreneur This new edition of the The Complete Small Business Start-Up Guide provides a variety of tips on finding the ideal business idea for any entrepreneur. Author Lisa Rogak shows how to design a concise business plan, establish an organizational structure, and secure all the necessary financial backing. Also included is expert advice on finding the best employees and suppliers, getting the most out of a limited advertising budget, and the many ways the Internet can be a valuable business tool. This revised and updated edition includes an entirely new section on franchising, a more detailed discussion of business structures–such as subchapter S corporations and LLCs–and new sections on choosing a bank and selling a business. A sample business plan is also included to help entrepreneurs start off on the right foot. Lisa Rogak (Grafton, NH) is the owner and publisher of William Hill Publishers. The author of more than 25 books, including Smart Guide™ to Managing Your Time (0-471-31886-8) and Smart Guide to Starting a Small Business (0-471-31885-X). She has also been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and in USA Today.
256 pages, Paperback
First published November 5, 2004
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Lisa Rogak
52 books135 followersMy new book Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS will be published on March 4, 2025.
Lisa Rogak is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 40 books, which have been published in more than two dozen languages. Her books Barack Obama: In His Own Words, and Angry Optimist: The Life & Times of Jon Stewart, hit the New York Times bestseller lists. Haunted Heart: The Life & Times of Stephen King was nominated for both the Edgar and Anthony Awards.
Her books have been reviewed and otherwise mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and hundreds of other publications. She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as the featured guest in a show about small towns to promote her book, Moving to the Country Once and For All.
She lives in New Hampshire and is currently at work on a memoir.
Lisa Rogak is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 40 books, which have been published in more than two dozen languages. Her books Barack Obama: In His Own Words, and Angry Optimist: The Life & Times of Jon Stewart, hit the New York Times bestseller lists. Haunted Heart: The Life & Times of Stephen King was nominated for both the Edgar and Anthony Awards.
Her books have been reviewed and otherwise mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and hundreds of other publications. She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as the featured guest in a show about small towns to promote her book, Moving to the Country Once and For All.
She lives in New Hampshire and is currently at work on a memoir.
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