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- What are the Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur? View
- How to Fail in Business Without Even Trying. View
- Sales, Sales, Sales! View
- Raising Funds - Money, Money, Money, Who's Got the Money? View
- Leadership - Some Writers Still Call It Management. View
Table of Contents
Introduction
Let's Get Started
"Take This Job and Shove It"
What Is This Book?
Who Is This Book for?
What This Book Is NOT
What Makes Me Such an Expert? The story of My Life in Business
Chapter One: Should You Quit Your Day Job
Reasons to Keep Your Day Job
Why You Would Want to Quit Your Day Job
What Are the Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur?
Taking Time Out for Some Thinking
How to Fail in Business Without Even Trying
What Can You Do?
What Can't You Do?
Chapter Two: You'll Quit Your Day Job - Preparing to Jump
Choose Your Partner - Will You Love Me in the Morning?
Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
Your Product - A Better Mousetrap?
Start or Buy?
Raising Funds - Money, Money, Money, Who's Got the Money?
Location - Where, Oh, Where, Will My Little Business Grow?
Legal Matters - Have You Heard the One about the Lawyer and ...?
Human Resources - To Be a Better Boss Than My Moss
Operations - The Art of Building Mouse Traps
Accounting - A Bean Counter? Who, Me?
Sales - Look Out! He's Trying to Sell You Something!
Support - If you Can't Be an Athlete, Then Be an Athletic Supporter
Beyond Customer Service - Additional Support Functions
Nuts and Bolts - The Little Things That Hold Your Business Together
When Should You Quit Your Day Job?
Chapter Three - Tending Your Garden - Starting and Making It Grow
Leadership - Some Writers Still Call It Management
Marketing - The Crash Course
Sales and Sales Management
Mouse Traps, Again
Human Resources
Customer Service
Accounting 2.0
Sources of Additional Capital to Maintain Growth
Chapter Four - What Have I Done? - The Maturing Business
Going from "My Company" to "Our Company"
Another Look at the Market - Has It Changed?
Keep in Touch with Your People
Systems: There's Always Room for Improvement
Benefits
Expansion
Looking into the Future
Legal Matters, Continued - When the Best-Laid Plans Go to Pot
Chapter Five - All Good Things Must Come to an End
Will You Die with Your Boots On?
Selling Out
Going Public
What's Next for You?
So, Are There Any Questions?
Appendix
I-Aphorisms: Mine and Other People's
II - "If"
III - Sample Business Plan
IV - Sample Employee Handbook
V - Resources
Bibliography
What are the Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur?
Successful entrepreneurs have certain characteristics in common that differentiate them from the rest. These include: how they make decisions, their leadership abilities, honing of their business skills, as well as a host of others. Do you have these characteristics? Find out now! Read Lead the Charge to Business Success and develop your entrepreneurial skills. Click here to order.
How to Fail in Business Without Even Trying.
Regardless of the actual rate of business failure in the U.S., (which is reported to be 2 out of 3 in the first year and 4 out of 5 within 5 years), it really is a jungle out there. Learn how not to be one of these as Jay tells you how these businesses fail, and make sure your company does not fall into any of these snares.
Sales, Sales, Sales!
"The Company is a train, and while all the cars are important, the sales force is the engine." Find out why you, as the head of your company, are the head salesperson and how you make sales happen.
Raising Funds - Money, Money, Money, Who's Got the Money?
Unless your brother-in-law is a venture capitalist, you're going to need financing from somewhere. Now that your business plan is perfected (Jay helps you do this, too), you know how much you need and how you will use it, right? Money doesn't grow on trees, so Jay walks you through where to go to get money, how much to get, and how to use it. You must know this information before you start your business!
Leadership - Some Writers Still Call It Management.
Volumes have been written on the subject of leadership. In Lead the Charge to Business Success, Jay provides you with concise information on what leadership is and what makes you a great leader. Read Jay's valuable insight into great leadership and how it relates to your success as an entrepreneur.
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