Small Business Development

So you have an idea, or maybe a service and you’ve decided you want to open your own business…But where do you start? Whether it's simple like a local window cleaning business you want to begin ... .or a software idea that could take over the globe, we help you cover all of the basics & foundational steps so you learn to walk before you run! Now, it's time to get to work so you can get back to doing what you do best…serving your customers.

This book was a long time coming. For years now, friends, family and colleagues have asked me how I continue to win not realising that I have the same daily struggles as them. I think the difference is that I just keep my head down and stay the course. My career has not always been wins. In fact, I have more losses than wins if you want my honest opinion. I fail every single day in one way or another. There are lessons here. Apply these lessons. Half of winning is just showing up. Apply these lessons and I am positive you will see improvement in your daily life.

Are you one of the 32.5 million small business owners in the United States? You take pride in your product or service, you deliver solid value, and work hard daily, but with so much competition it can be brutal. Join The 7 Figure Club gives you the tools and a clear path to higher profitability. If you want to reduce your hours while increasing sales, and you are looking to build a business that gives you financial abundance along with the lifestyle you want, read this book. Do you want to learn: How to increase sales and build a dynamite positive cash flow? Practical ways to increase staff...

Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business comes clean with much-needed info on nitty-gritty issues such as entitlement; letting employees go when they just aren’t working out; compensation; including your kids in the business; shareholder agreements; selecting the next leader; deciding whether to keep the business or sell it; exit strategies for outgoing leaders; money matters; succession planning; communication; conflict resolution; establishing an effective board; and transitioning to the next generation.

Renowned entrepreneur and executive director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Paul Cheek delivers an actionable field guide to transforming your one great idea into a functional, funded, and staffed startup. Building on the ideas presented in the bestselling Disciplined Entrepreneurship, the author delivers a comprehensive set of solutions you can implement immediately to advance your company to its next stage of growth.

Stop chasing money-making schemes and cookie-cutter businesses. Real success is personal and is achieved by finding the path on which you will thrive. The Book on Small Business Ideas will turn you into an idea and cash-flow factory. You'll generate simple small business and side-hustle ideas that are meaningful to you. You'll learn how to stay motivated, analyze your ideas, and launch them successfully.

If you have finally had enough of the constant cash flow struggle and you are ready to make a change, Profit First for Tradies will guide you. Katie Crismale- Marshall has taken the core concepts of Mike Michalowicz’s Profit First method and customised it to meet the specific needs of Australian tradies.

Have you ever considered creating your very own podcast? Podcast Launch will take you through the entire process, from step one to step done. These tutorials will make your podcast experience enjoyable and stress-free. Podcast Launch begins with identifying your podcast, followed by the equipment needed, recording and editing, intros and outros, tagging your MP3, uploading to a media host, embedding your MP3 onto your website, submitting your podcast to iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and Blackberry, launching your podcast the right way, and monetizing.

The most dangerous move in business is the failure to make a move. Global business celebrity and primetime Bloomberg Television host Jeffrey W. Hayzlett empowers business leaders to tie their visions to actions, advancing themselves past competitors and closer to their business dreams.

The one and only reason your business exists (and why it matters). Your business can have a dramatic impact on your personal life. Understanding why you are in business will help you enjoy your business more and will help you build the right kind of business.

How do families build and maintain their wealth? This question has challenged families for generations. In business, any wise entrepreneur would develop a plan to guide the venture. Though most people don't have a strategy in mind for their families, it is precisely what they need. This book applies business concepts to invest in our families with as much focus and discipline as we do our financial assets.

This business is something that you can learn quickly and make money from very soon. You don’t have to wait years to profit—things can get rolling very quickly once you gain the right knowledge. By listening to this book, you’ll have all of the knowledge you need to dominate, so click the buy now button today!

This book on Turo provides a comprehensive guide to succeeding as a car owner and host on the Turo platform. The book is divided into eight chapters, each addressing key aspects of the car-sharing business. Chapter 1 focuses on getting started with Turo, including signing up as a host, creating appealing listings, and understanding Turo's policies and guidelines. Chapter 2 delves into the importance of vehicle preparation, including cleanliness, maintenance, and proper documentation.

The best entrepreneurs balance brilliant business ideas with a rigorous commitment to serving their customers' needs. If you read (or listen) to nothing else on entrepreneurship and start-ups, listen to these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your company for enduring success.

Whether you own a garage gym, a CrossFit box, or a martial-arts studio, Two-Brain Business can help you get running, get organized, get members, keep people happier, and make more time for yourself. Chris Cooper of TwoBrainBusiness.com shows you how!

Too often people hold the dream of starting their own business and pursuing their destiny, but they are overcome not just by fear, but by the practical reality that they can not afford to take a financial risk. Third Shift Entrepreneur overcomes that false choice of settling for less or taking a financial risk and instead reveals a third path - one that allows you to fulfill your creative entrepreneurial potential while maintaining financial stability in your life.

What type of business should you start? For the past 10 years, Inc. 500 CEO and number-one national best-selling author, Ryan Levesque - featured for his work in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Entrepreneur - has guided thousands of entrepreneurs through the journey of answering this question. One of the biggest reasons why so many new businesses fail is because in the quest to decide what business to start, most of the conventional wisdom is wrong.

While most books and press focus on the more sensational moments of creation and conclusion, The Messy Middle argues that the real key to success is how you navigate the ups and downs after initial investment is secured. It will give you all the insights you need to build and optimise your team, improve your product and develop your own capacity to lead. Building on seven years of meticulous research with entrepreneurs, small agencies, start-ups and billion-dollar companies, Scott Belsky offers indispensable lessons on how to endure and thrive in the long term.

This audiobook covers how to assess whether your business is ready for franchising, the benefits of and alternatives to franchising and how to evaluate the financial feasibility of franchising your business. It outlines a franchising road map which will help you to create a franchise action plan and make it happen.

> Enterprise Value walks you step-by-step through the most important challenge of your career. Peter Worrell, the CEO of Bigelow LLC, a renowned private business M&A advisory firm, has spent the last 30 years helping owner-managers make the right decisions for their futures. In this one-of-a-kind guide, he helps you overcome every challenge and make the wisest decisions about selling your company, while ensuring a positive and generative legacy.