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Starting a successful business : your guide to setting up your dream start-up, controlling its finances and managing its operations / Michael J Morris

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London, United Kingdom : Kogan Page Limited, [2017]

New business enterprises

Entrepreneurship

9780749480868 (paperback)

0749480866 (paperback)

xii, 261 pages ; 22 cm

First thoughts and foundations -- Getting orders, making profits --Controlling the money -- Raising the money -- Your business name and legal status --Business and the law -- Premises -- Managing operations -- Financial housekeeping, VAT and Tax -- Employing people -- Risk management and insurance -- Sources of help -- After a successful launch ... Developing your firm -- The PLG Programme for growth -- Appendix 1. Cash-flow forecasting illustrations -- Appendix 2. Draft terms and conditions of sale -- Appendix 3. Small business contacts list -- Appendix 4. Help for small businesses -- Appendix 5. Taking up a franchise -- Appendix 6. Starting a green business -- Index.

Starting a Successful Business covers all the information entrepreneurs need to turn exciting business ideas into stable and profitable businesses.

The first 18 months of your business is crucial. This is when the majority of new businesses fail and where a lack of proper preparation and forward planning can be your downfall. This eighth edition of Starting a Successful Business is your definitive guide to setting up a business that will thrive.

Starting a Successful Business contains the crucial, practical information needed to turn your exciting new idea into a stable and profitable business. It covers each important step in the start-up process in a clear and accessible way. The major problems facing any new business are discussed, potential pitfalls are highlighted and practical advice is offered on key topics such as: ideas for new start-ups, business planning, marketing, franchising, selling and advertising, finances and financial control, taxation, business law and employing staff.

Case studies from around the world provide inspiration and real-world guidance to support you as an entrepreneur. Brand new content on cloud computing, digital developments and making your business environmentally sustainable makes this Starting a Successful Business a cutting-edge and modern resource to show you how to make your business a success. (Publisher)

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