Farmers Markets: A Guide to Small Scale Business And Entrepreneurship

In his new book, "Farmers Markets: A Guide to Small Scale Business and Entrepreneurship", author Bill English uses his business and counseling experience to provide a guide of helpful hints and counsel for the novice as well as the experienced Farmers Market vendor, to enable the small business man/woman to increase the opportunity to succeed. Within these pages, you will find nuggets of great information that will help you with your business venture. Some of the tenants taught are also applicable to other small business ventures. The book is meant to be a quick read, organized to help you set up a new business or improve an existing business. Those who want to expand their business beyond the single Farmers Market, will find information to encourage entrepreneurship to operate many other Farmers Market booths as well as expand into the wholesale arenas selling to local, regional, state, and national outlets.

Bill English is most happy to be a husband, father and grandfather. In his business career, he has worked at one of the Big 3 automobile manufacturers as a Quality Control Engineer. He is a student of Lean Manufacturing as well as being a budding inventor. Additionally, Bill has owned and operated several businesses, including an International Sales Agency, Direct Mail Advertising Company, Dry Cleaning and Cleaning Services companies. Bill enjoys traveling, both domestically and internationally, for business and recreation. He has been in every state of the union plus 20 countries. Bill is a people person. He loves to meet people and find out who they are. He is comfortable talking and relating to the president of the company or his janitor. He loves to help people, hence this book. Bill has been happily married to Frances for over 30 years. They are the happy parents of six children and 12 grandchildren. Bill and Frances live south of Denver Colorado. This is Bill’s first book and a second book is in the planning stage – tentatively entitled “Letters From Dad to his Grown Children”, advice and council to all. Bill believes we as parents, will never be released from our responsibilities and privileges of being a Mom or a Dad.