| Category: Home Business
Ebook Title: The Home Business Startup Guide
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Dear Friend,
The fastest-growing segment of today's economy is the home business, but "firing your boss" is not as easy as some would have you believe.
To succeed - and you can succeed - you will need help.
Whether you want to start an online web business, an offline mail order business or even a local service business, the valuable information in your copy of The Home Business Startup Guide will help you to get started.
Here's a summary of everything you will learn in this essential guide...
Getting Started:
- Working from home: The pros and cons
- Is it legal where you live? Do you need a license? How to find out
- Researching and developing your idea
- Identifying - and understanding - your competitors
- Preparing yourself for business - mentally, financially, physically
What You Need - And Where To Find It:
Your business plan
Your marketing plan
Your disaster plan
- Finding the money you need
Borrowing
Venture capitalists
Financial "angels"
Government and private grants
Choosing a name
Choosing a legal form - Sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation
Know the law
- Work where you live - but don't live where you work
Creating a work area
Furniture, hardware, software
Keeping personal and business lives separate
Dealing with family, friends and neighbors
Workplace safety is still important
No more water cooler chats or "let's grab lunch" socializing
- Surviving the financial strain - and knowing the costs
Paying yourself
Setting reasonable prices
- Advertising and marketing
- Trademarks, copyrights and contracts
- Accountants, programmers, website designers and more
- Privacy policies, terms of service, customer rights and other legal stuff
Bringing It All Together:
- Cashflow - when it's good, when it's not
- Keeping customers happy, loyal and coming back
- The Top 5 first-year mistakes
- Knowing what you're doing right, what you're doing wrong and what to do next
Success:
- Hire staff - or outsource - or partner?
- If it all goes wrong: Don’t rush to bankruptcy
- If it all goes right: The exit strategy (aka, Retirement)
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