The McGraw-Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business

The nationwide bestseller, updated for beating the odds and achieving breakthrough success

Insightful tips from over 100 Entrepreneurs for Starting a Business--and Doing It right!

today's conditions are among the best in history for starting and building your own business, and The McGraw-Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business is renowned for showing thousands of entrepreneurs how to do just that. Now let this hands-on book give you the market-tested knowledge and confidence you need to identify and evaluate new business opportunities, draw up a business plan, find the money to get your new venture off the ground, and take that first step toward true success--by launching a business that in your heart, you know will work!

Praise for the first edition of the mcgraw-hill guide to starting your own business:

Featured selection by the fortune Book Club, money Book Club, businessweek Book Club, Book-of-the-Month Club

"the strength of The McGraw-Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business is that it delivers on its promise. It is indeed a step-by-step blueprint for the first-time entrepreneur."--Jeffrey L. Seglin, Editor, inc.

"The McGraw-Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business is . . . an indispensable reference for any first-time entrepreneur--and an invaluable advantage for every fledgling business."--fortune Book Club

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