You Can Do It; A Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business

This is a book that will provide everything an entrepreneur needs to start and run a small business.  It was written based on working with over 1000 different small businesses while a counselor at SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives).  It is a revised edition from the original which was released in 2012.   The revision is about a 75% change from the original, including significant new information is almost every chapter.  The following will provide the table of contents for the book:

Table of Contents

Should you be an entrepreneur

The key ingredient to entrepreneurial success

The business plan

Key business strategies

Brand identification

Researching your business and market

The wheel of small business marketing

The target audience

Positioning

Financial statements

Financing a small business Legal Structure of your business

Legal requiremenets when starting a business

Pricing

The elevator speech

The marketing Stool

Sales

Developing a trifold brochure

Social Media

Promotion for small business

Key insights into more effective advertising

Networking

Public Relations

Brief advertising and promotion legal advice

Managing day-to-day financial operations

The Website and URL

Heman Resorces

Business insurance

Summary-The keys to success in a small business

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