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Provides advice regarding small business development, dispels common assumptions, and recommends specific strategies for success.

"Go to work for the best boss in the world-yourself Never Get a "Real" Job challenges the social conventions behind the old-school, 9-to-5 "real" job, and empowers entrepreneurs to take control of their lives, fears, and careers. Successful entrepreneur Scott Gerber dissects failures, shares hard-learned lessons, and presents practical, affordable, and systematic action steps to building, managing, and marketing a successful business that accompanies...

"Don't learn the hard way--get work advice from some of the world's most successful people, all in one place!Work is a tricky business--the politics, the workload, the career ladder. It can take years and years of battling away and learning through mistakes to fully get to grips with the dos and don'ts. What if you could fast track that process? Cut out all those years of learning the hard way and working it out for yourself? Enter Stuff I Wish I'd...

Creating an algorithm to improve his internet dating employer's match success rate only to be fired for being too effective, Sam Elling develops a computer program that creates compelling human simulations that allow people to say final goodbyes to lost loved ones.

"Whether you’re starting a full-scale consulting business or booking gigs on the side, [this book] provides all the legal and tax information you need in one place. This...reference will show you how to: decide the best form for your business (sole proprietor, LLC, or other); make sure you’re paid in full and on time; pay estimated taxes (and avoid trouble with the IRS); take advantage of all available tax deductions (including home...

Offers small business owners step-by-step instructions for obtaining a loan, with up-to-date information on policy changes in the program and tips for filling out the application, making a good impression on lenders, closing the loan, and more.

Bob Dahms has had a long and diverse career in business and in business advisory roles.In this book he shares 50 Things You Need to Know About Starting and Managing a Small Business. Everyone who reads this book will learn something that they didn't know before. Actually, it's way more than 50; check it out.

"Quickbooks makes it easy to manage your small business accounting. This all-in-one guide gets you up and running with QuickBooks 2018 and provides you with a reference you'll use for all the information you need in one handy spot! Save time by learning to plan and set up on QuickBooks, use Cloud Storage, invoice customers, pay vendors, manage cash and bank accounts, protect your data, and much more, "--Page 4 of cover.

"You need a sound business plan to start a business or raise money to expand an existing one. For over 30 years, how to Write a Business Plan has helped fledging entrepreneurs -- from small service businesses and retailers to large manufacturing firms -- write winning plans and get needed financing. This bestselling book contains clear step-by-step instructions and forms to put together a convincing business plan with realistic financial projections,...