The Everything Start Your Own Business Book: From Financing Your Project to Making Your First Sale, All You Need to Get Your Business Off the Ground

by Judith B. Harrington

The Everything Start Your Own Business Book, 2nd Edition has everything you need to start your own business-and keep it running in the black.
Completely updated and expertly revised by successful businesswoman Judith B. Harrington, this one-stop resource contains new information
Being your own boss, head cook, and bottle washer isn't easy-one in three new businesses fail the first year. With this straightforward, no-nonsense reference book, you can make sure your business succeeds. Whether you need help formulating a business plan, finding financing, or running the business once it's off the ground, you'll find it all in The Everything Start Your Own Business Book, 2nd Edition .

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Reference

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2006

Reviews

[Katie F · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave this book a heavy skim, as my library wouldn't renew my check-out. It's a broad, covering-all-bases kind of book that seemed to lean more heavily towards opening a brick-and-mortar business as opposed to an online one, which is what I'm interested in. It does a decent job of making you aware of certain things that you should research more in depth, but doesn't actually give you that in-depth information. For instance, when speaking about trademarking your brand, it refers you to the government's general patent website. Well, duh. It'd be kinda nice to know *where* exactly in the website I should be finding the info, and not have to weed through the thousands of non-applicable pages that site contains. So, in short, I'm glad I didn't buy the book. But there were enough nuggets of wisdom that it wasn't a waste of time.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good stuff. Mostly overview.