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Business
Plans Kit for Dummies
By Steven Peterson, PhD and Peter Jaret.
There is an old saying that “If it looks like a duck, and
walks like a duck, its probably a duck.” Ducks have bills
and businesses have business plans. One of the biggest mistakes
made today in small business entrepreneurship is to start off on
the business journey without a business plan. If you don’t
have a business plan, your chances of success fall into the “luck”
category. If your startup is like most new business and generates
losses, the IRS will tell you another old saying that “If
it doesn’t look like a business, then it’s a hobby.”
Don’t shortcut yourself into a nightmare. Get started creating
a business plan today.
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CashFlow
101
By Robert Kiyosaki. CASHFLOW®
101 is an educational program that teaches accounting, finance,
and investing at the same time and makes learning fun. Learn how
to get out of the rat race and onto the fast track where your money
works for you instead of you working hard for your money. The educational
program, CASHFLOW® 101, includes three audiocassettes which
reveal distinctions on CASHFLOW® 101 as well as valuable investment
information and a video titled "The Secrets of the Rich".
CASHFLOW® 101 is recommended for adults and children age 10
and older.
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CashFlow
202
By Robert Kiyosaki. CASHFLOW®
202 teaches you the advanced business and investing techniques used
by technical investors by adding volatility to the game. It teaches
the advanced investment techniques of "short-selling stock",
"put-options", "call-options", "straddles"
and real estate exchanges. You must have CASHFLOW® 101 in order
to play CASHFLOW® 202.This package contains new game sheets,
new playing cards, and 4 audiocassettes.
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A
Crash Course in Marketing
By David Bangs and Andi Axman.
It’s been said, “Good marketing builds good business.”
This simple rule is not so simple when you're a small business owner
looking at multiple demands on your time and money. A Crash Course
in Marketing will help you streamline your efforts in building your
business and help keep you from being overwhelmed. It serves as
a complete how-to for beginners, and a refresher those who have
marketing backgrounds and want to stay on track. As the authors
remind us, marketing is doing what you already know you should do:
know yourself, know your market, and know your customers. This book
is a must read for those starting new businesses.
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Direct
Networking 2
By Matt Gagnon. Matt Gagnon, a
former Corporate Marketing Executive for a nationally recognized
company, combines his experience with direct selling, Internet web-based
sales, and network marketing to create what he calls “Direct
Networking.” Matt Gagnon’s revolutionary approach forms
some of the core marketing principles in FasTRaX Marketing and is
required reading in order to fully understand the FasTRaX Business
System.
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The
E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and
What to Do About It.
By Michael Gerber. Regardless
who you talk to or what success book you read, every single Successful
person starts their journey by understanding their Fundamental Purpose
in life. According to Michael Gerber, Author of “The E-Myth
Revisited” to discover your Fundamental Purpose “All
you need to do is begin living your life as it were important. All
you need to do is take your life seriously. To create it intentionally.
To actively make your life into the life you wish it to be.”
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Getting
Things Done
By David Allen. Part of being
successful in any endeavor is having a system that allows you to
do the right thing at the right time. Which system is best for you?
The answer is: the system you will use. David Allen’s productivity
system is not about managing time because “you don’t
manage five minutes and end up with six.” Productivity is
about managing your actions. Successful leaders learn to manage
their tasks so they can leverage their time by delegating to other
people.
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Have
You Locked the Castle Gate? Home and Small Business Computer Security
By Brian Shea. With a firewall
on your computer protecting you from the Internet a typical user
has 90% of the security needed to be safe. But what if you are not
a typical user? How do you gain the knowledge of the other 10% to
complete your computer security system? Brian Shea provides a non-technical
guide to computer security for home and small business users who
want more than minimum security. His book simplifies security with
step-by-step techniques and real-world analogies, showing you how
to protect files, fend off viruses and hackers and shop safely online.
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How
to Build a Multi-Level Money Machine
By Randy Gage. Randy Gage is a
successful Network Marketer with a no-nonsense approach. Every successful
person has to “pay their dues” one way or another. In
this book, Randy reveals just what those dues are and how you can
ease the journey. You’ll learn what are the mistakes to avoid;
how to find prospects and distributors; how to build a large organization
and create a financial pipeline. If you are wondering if Network
Marketing is a career move for you, then read this book before you
change your career.
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Hurdle:
The Book on Business Planning Millennium Edition
By Tim Berry. This book can be
used with the Palo Alto Business Planning Pro software also written
by Tim Berry. The book is easy to read and easy to use. Tim Berry
wrote the CPA's Guide to Business Planning, published in 1998 by
Harcourt Brace Professional Publishing. Dow-Jones-Irwin, Microtext/McGraw-Hill,
and Hayden Books published his other books on business planning
with spreadsheets in the 1980s. Palo Alto Software and M&T Publishing
have published his business software. He has been a professional
business planner since 1974, as an employee of Business International
and vice president of Creative Strategies, as a consultant to Apple
Computer, as a member of the board of directors of Borland International,
and as president and founder of Palo Alto Software. He has given
seminars on business planning in 10 countries on three continents.
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If
You’re Clueless about Accounting and Finance
By Seth Godin & Paul Lim.
If You're Clueless About Accounting and Finance and Want to Know
More is an easy-to-follow guide for people who have not financial
background. Seth Godin and Money magazine finance writer Paul Lim,
together focus on providing a basic understanding of financial reports,
key business ratios, budgeting, cost accounting, inventory and taxes.
If you are just beginning to understand basic accounting and finance,
start with this book as your foundation and build on concepts as
you need to understand them.
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Investing
in Real Estate
By Andrew McLean and Gary Eldred, PhD.
If you are looking for more detailed information on real estate
investing this is the book. Now in its fourth edition, Investing
in Real Estate is a straightforward guide that helps you start growing
your fortune by investing in houses and small apartment buildings.
Successful real estate investors Andrew McLean and Gary Eldred show
you how you can outperform the stock market by investing in residential
real estate–the surest and safest way to build assets. This
new edition offers an expanded discussion of the best methods and
techniques for fixing and flipping properties and creating value.
You will find all the information you need to start investing now,
as well as up-to-date tips on maintaining cash flow, negotiating
deals, spotting market trends, and using the Internet as a research
tool to find and buy properties.
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Leadership
By Rudolph Giuliani. Leadership
principles include having an organizational vision and purpose;
building a successful team linked to your vision; clearly defining
how decisions are made; articulating your beliefs and vision; and
creating a reward system that motivates behaviors that create success.
Rudolph Giuliani, as Mayor of New York City, not only practiced
what he preached in his book on Leadership, but also tested his
principles in the fires of 9/11/02.
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Linksys
Networks, The Official Guide
By Kathy Ivens and Larry Seltzer.
Learning to build a network is straightforward. Deciding on the
equipment to use to build the network requires a lot more knowledge
and experience. Kathy Ivens and Larry Seltzer take their knowledge
of networking computers and combine it with the hardware provided
by the #1 home and small office network equipment manufacture and
show you what, why and how to build your network.
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Marketing
for Dummies
By Alexander Hiam. If you are
just beginning your understanding of Marketing or need a refresher
then read Marketing for Dummies. This is a good basic "what
is marketing?" book for a non-marketing person who wants to
learn about marketing or else to someone who's just begun working
in a marketing role.
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Marketing
Kit for Dummies
By Alexander Hiam. In his best
selling Marketing For Dummies®, Alexander Hiam reveals the secrets
of effective marketing. Now, in this indispensable book-and-CD kit,
he gives you the practical tools you need to implement effective
campaigns right away, from ready-made planning forms to easily customizable
ad prototypes to a simple Web site template.
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Mastering
Strategy Insights from the World’s Greatest Thinkers
By Jeffrey Rigsby and Guy Greco.
Mastering Strategy is not a book for quick, light reading. It is
written as a complete reference using modern day successful companies
such as Wal-Mart, Nike, McDonald’s, Dell and Microsoft. Mastering
Strategy provides you a detailed synthesis for mapping out a strategic
plan that covers all of the key strategic factors required for business
success.
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The
New Professionals: The Rise of Network Marketing as the Next Major
Profession
By Charles King, James Robinson and Richard
Poe. Each year, thousands of men and women leave established,
lucrative careers to pursue new opportunities in the booming network
marketing industry, an industry that is now attracting doctors,
CEOs, and others seeking independence and financial rewards. Inside
The New Professionals, you'll meet people just like you: people
who have tired of the rat race of employment and have found a way
to actually live the American dream.
"The best, most authoritative, and up-to-date source of information
on the state of network marketing at the turn of the 21st century."
—From the foreword by Richard Poe, best selling author of
Wave 3, The Wave 3 Way, and Wave 4: Network
Marketing in the 21st Century.
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On
Target: The Book on Marketing Plans
By Tim Berry and Doug Wilson.
This book is a practical guide to marketing plan basics, and a part
of the process of developing a plan. The authors have tried to give
you all you really need to know, from a practical point of view,
to develop a marketing plan. This book includes details on how to
develop your strategy, how to focus on key elements, analyze and
research your market, develop strategy and tactics, project your
sales and build your budget, so you can create a plan that you can
implement. Regardless of your background or experience, if you want
your marketing plan to be a useful document that describes your
current situation, states your strategy, and outlines a pragmatic
approach to accomplish your goals then On Target is the book for
you.
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Platinum
Rule™ Report
According to Dr. Tony Alessandra “The value of Adaptability
cannot be overstated. It is the linchpin of building successful
relationships of all kinds. Adaptable people realize there is a
difference between their self (who they are) and their behavior
(how they choose to act).” It is this adaptability that will
be the key to unlocking your leadership skills. You cannot know
others if you do not know yourself. You cannot lead others if you
do not know what king of Leadership Style they will respond to.
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QuickBooks
All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies
By Stephen Nelson. If you’re
looking for more information on accounting but don’t have
time for a detailed reference QuickBooks The All-In-One Desk Reference
is just the book for you. With QuickBooks and this all-in-one reference
guide, you’ll soon have the Accounting Monster eating out
of your hand. Eight self-contained mini-books make it easy to find
just what you need, from accounting plans and principles to capital
budgeting, protecting your financial records, creating a business
plan, and more. According to the author, Stephen Nelson, “You'll
not only read about how to work with QuickBooks in this book...
you'll also learn how to use QuickBooks to apply "MBA-style"
management techniques to your situation... using ABC management
techniques... using economic value added analysis... and so forth.
In fact, and this is really no exaggeration, my aim was to make
this book, essentially, a "small business" MBA.”
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QuickBooks
2003 for Dummies
By Stephen Nelson. Most people
who start small businesses are experts at their business, but what
if that business is not financial management? If bookkeeping baffles
you, here’s the book you need to keep. It shows you exactly
how to use QuickBooks 2003 to track accounts receivable and payable,
set up online banking and bill paying, monitor inventory, print
checks, manage the money – and save some, too! The Dummies
Series of books is written for the non-expert who needs a helping
hand. It is a plain English, “get-in, get-out” book
written with a dash of humor that will get you started.
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QuickBooks
2003 The Official Guide
By Kathy Ivens. QuickBooks 2003
The Official Guide is for businesspeople that can't seem to justify
a dedicated accounting department can provide the needed record
keeping and reporting capabilities. QuickBooks 2003: The Official
Guide, the latest official QuickBooks book from respected author
Kathy Ivens, decodes the QuickBooks (and QuickBooks Pro) interfaces
and shows you how to fit these popular accounting packages into
your way of doing business.
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Quicken
2003 for Dummies
By Stephen Nelson. If you are
looking for an excellent “how to” book for using all
versions of Quicken 2003 then Quicken for Dummies 2003 is a must
read. Quicken for Dummies provides the information you need to know
without overwhelming you with information you might like to know.
It is written by Stephen Nelson, CPA, and author of over 100 books
on business and computer topics, including all of the previous versions
of Quicken.
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Quicken
2003 The Official Guide
By Maria Langer. If you are looking
for more information than just “how to” you will find
Quicken 2003 The Official Guide will provide you with detailed help
and practical guides for the latest release of the world's #1 personal
finance software! Endorsed and reviewed by Intuit, this resource
offers up-to-date coverage of the newest product tools as well as
the classic features. Learn to manage your money and investments,
and track and regulate spending, savings, budgets, banking, and
more.
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Real
Estate Riches
By Dolf de Roos. As Andrew Carnegie
said over 100 years ago; "More money has been made in real
estate than in all industrial investments combined." In Real
Estate Riches, self-made real estate investor Dolf De Roos (www.dolfderoos.com)
reveals “why” real estate property investing is so astoundingly
simple and lucrative as well as insider secrets on how to get ahead
in the real estate property business.
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Retire
Young, Retire Rich
By Robert Kiyosaki. Before you
can build a castle you have to have a plan. Before you create a
plan, you have to have a vision of what the castle will look like.
Financial success is not about having money it is about keeping
money. Discover how you can leverage your life by using other people’s
money and other people’s time to build the financial castle
you have only been dreaming about.
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Teach
Yourself Accounting in 24 Hours
By Carol Costa and C. Wesley Addison.
Teach Yourself in 24 Hours will teach readers the basic principles
of the monthly accounting process from the chart of accounts to
financial statements. This book is ideal for people trying to grasp
accounting software principles such as bookkeepers, accounting clerks,
students and small business owners. Written in 24 classroom lessons,
which include accounting procedures, assets, liabilities, revenue
and expenses, accounts receivable and payable, payroll and cost
of goods sold. If you need an accounting brush up before you start
into your accounting software take the time to read Teach Yourself
in 24 Hours.
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Turbo
Strategy
By Brian Tracy. If there was one
book that quickly and easily provides a turnkey manual for starting
or transforming a business into a strategic powerhouse that poised
to dominate their market Turbo Strategy by Brian Tracy is the one.
Turbo Strategy succinctly covers 21 of the best time tested keys
to business success starting with your purpose, vision, mission,
and values statements and covering topics such as team building,
market analysis and continuous improvement. This book is a must
have.
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Wealth
Starts at Home
By David D'Arcangelo. Although
saving and investing are the cornerstones of personal prosperity,
millions of Americans find themselves living from paycheck to paycheck,
with little or no money left over to save, much less to invest.
David D'Arcangelo explains that anyone can open a home-based business
and immediately expand their income while generating all-important
tax breaks. Wealth Starts at Home outlines 10 strategies that will
allow you to seize control of your financial future by learning
new strategies for keeping and growing the money you have, and tips
for increasing your income. This book is a must read for those starting
new businesses.
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The
Wellness Revolution: How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion
Dollar Industry
By Paul Zane Pilzer. Nobel-prize
winning economist and economic advisor to two presidential administrations,
Paul Zane Pilzer offers irrefutable proof that the next major boom
in industry will lie in the industry of "wellness" as
opposed to the $1.5 trillion dollar "sickness" industry.
Pilzer's insights point to the leading edge of the Baby Boom Generation
and into the future of our healthcare industry. He reveals the most
important secret for tomorrow's successful entrepreneurs: where
to invest your dream. If your starting a new business and want to
be successful read this book.
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Windows
XP Home Networking
By Paul Thurott. If you are considering
building a home network this book has all of the detailed instructions
that make the project easier than ever. You no longer need to be
a certified network guru to design, setup and enjoy a home network.
Author Paul Thurott, a recognized Windows expert, takes you step
by step in choosing between wired and wireless and shows you how
to take advantage of the built in Windows XP features for making
a network an easy home project.
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