The Small Business Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed in Your Small Business
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STEVEN D. STRAUSS is a lawyer, business columnist, popular speaker, and one of the world's leading small business experts. His syndicated column, "Ask the Expert," appears weekly on USATODAY.com and is one of the most widely syndicated small business columns in the world. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg Television, MSNBC, Court TV, the BBC, and ABC News. He has also been featured in such publications as Entrepreneur magazine, Investor's Business Daily, and the Los Angeles Times.
If you would like Steve to speak to your group, or to sign up for his free newsletter, Small Business Success Secrets, or to otherwise contact him, visit MrAllBiz.com.

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PARTI: Genesis.

CHAPTER 1. In the Beginning.

CHAPTER 2. Choosing the Right Business.

CHAPTER 3. Buying an Existing Business.

CHAPTER 4. Understanding Your Market.

CHAPTER 5. Calculating Your Startup Costs.

CHAPTER 6. Write a Winning Business Plan.

CHAPTER 7. Structuring Your Business.

CHAPTER 8. The Money Hunt.

PARTII:Setting Up Shop.

CHAPTER 9. Location, Location, Location.

CHAPTER 10. Branding 101.

CHAPTER 11. Products and Inventory.

CHAPTER 12. Successful Pricing Strategies.

CHAPTER 13. Small Business Technology.

CHAPTER 14. Small Business Software.

PARTIII:Money.

CHAPTER 15. Accounting Ease.

CHAPTER 16. Making a Profit.

CHAPTER 17. Getting and Extending Credit.

CHAPTER 18. Insurance.

CHAPTER 19. Get a Handle on Taxes.

CHAPTER 20. Legal Ease I.

CHAPTER 21. Legal Ease II.

PARTIV:Growing Your Business.

CHAPTER 22. Successful Advertising Strategies.

CHAPTER 23. Marketing Muscle.

CHAPTER 24. Your Web Presence.

CHAPTER 25. Exodus.

PARTV:Dealing with People.

CHAPTER 26. Hiring and Firing.

CHAPTER 27. Employee Benefits Demystified.

CHAPTER 28. Training and Motivating Your Staff.

CHAPTER 29. Extraordinary Sales and Exemplary Customer Service.

PARTVI:Franchises.

CHAPTER 30. Selecting the Right Franchise.

CHAPTER 31. Franchise Success Secrets.

PARTVII:Home-Based Businesses.

CHAPTER 32. The Home-Based Business.

CHAPTER 33. Successful Home-Based Business Strategies.

PARTVIII:Business on a Shoestring.

CHAPTER 34. The Shoestring Entrepreneur.

CHAPTER 35. Marketing on a Shoestring.

PARTIX:Small Business Success Strategies.

CHAPTER 36. Small Business Success Secrets I: Money.

CHAPTER 37. Small Business Success Secrets II: Vision.

APPENDIX Sample Business Plan.

References.

Index.

About the Author.

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