Start-Up Guide - Softcover

Bangs, David H.

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ISBN 10: 1574101153 ISBN 13: 9781574101157

Publisher: Kaplan Business, 1998

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This complete action plan for starting a successful small business is designed to allow would be business founders to cover all the essential steps in the planning process.

This guide walks readers through the first year of small business start up. It's packed with practical aids such as worksheets, checklists, and "Action Plan" forms that leave nothing to chance.

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COUNTDOWN TO SUCCESS!

"The Start-Up Guide" is your 12-month action plan for creating your new business. In the previous two editions, bestselling small business author David H. Bangs introduced a complete step-by-step 12-month plan for starting a successful small business. The new third edition of this Upstart classic builds on the author's tried-and-true methods with an updated resources section and helpful tips on using the Internet to find low-cost resources.

In this edition, you'll learn how to research and test ideas inexpensively, define and identify ways to reach the best markets, and forecast sales and expenses.

"Bangs shows entrepreneurs exactly what they should be doing at every important step of the prelaunch effort..." (In Business)

" The Start-Up Guide' is a one-year step-by-step timetable for organizing a business...all the while offering practical, realistic advice." (Booklist)

"A fresh look...one of the best business start-up books to be published in quite a while." (New Business Opportunities)

"Presents a powerful message...it's the stuff of dreams." (Patricia Peacock, Ed.D. director, Rutgers University Regional Small Business Development Center)

About the Author:

David H. "Andy" Bangs, Jr. is a longtime entrepreneur, founder of Upstart Publishing Company, bestselling author, and former banker. Calling himself "Writer, Sailor, Appreciator" (not necessarily in that order), Bangs's genial insights on building businesses have made him one of the most sought after experts on business planning.

From his home base on the coast of New England, he has penned such perennial business classics as The Market Planning Guide and The Start Up Guide and has coauthored numerous others.

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