Spurred by President Obama’s stimulus efforts, the U.S. Small Business Adminstration is working to deliver more capital financing to entrepreneurs and small companies around the nation. But like any financing, business owners must navigate a complex course of procedures, qualifications, documentation, and approvals.
Loan approval is much easier with help from the latest edition of banker Charles Green’s invaluable book, which breaks the application process down into easy steps. Green wastes no time in showing:

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Entrepreneurs Inside: Accelerating Business Growth with Corporate Entrepreneurs was inspired by an extraordinary group of individuals who stepped up to the challenge of building new growth businesses in their organizations. Building a new business inside an existing organization is a daunting task. It takes a unique combination of competencies to lead these initiatives. The book describes the competencies of successful corporate entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial leaders. It also reveals the obstacles and…

With particular reference to the hospitality and catering industry, the author explores the facts and myths behind the franchising phenomenon and asks whether it is, as many claim, a guaranteed route to business success.

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The greatest obstacles most home business owners face are making sales and finding new customers while also mastering the challenges of living and working under one roof. In Bringing Home the Business, top home business expert Kim T. Gordon has identified the 30 truths that can make the difference between success and failure in a home-based business and has translated them into action steps business owners can take to increase their…

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If you find yourself one of the thousands of “displaced” workers, the victim of “downsizing”, or simply think you would be happier working for yourself, this book can help unleash the entrepreneur in you. Topics covered include evaluating your skills, setting goals, choosing the type of business you want, characteristics of entrepreneurs, hot businesses to get into, keeping clients and staying afloat, and more.

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Bestselling small business gurus, Bangs and Pinson, share the best of their proven, award-winning advice for entrepreneurs to get a business up and running, create a strategic plan for growth, write a winning business plan, manage daily operations, and use technology to leverage scarce resources. Includes worksheets, action plans, and online resources.

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Marketing Plans for Service Businesses is based on the successful Marketing Planning for Services, which has been completely overhauled, updated and revised to give a new and authoritative guide to the challenge of creating marketing plans that produce significantly improved bottom-line results. It is written in a pragmatic, action-orientated style and each chapter has examples of marketing planning in practice. The authors highlight key misunderstandings about marketing and the nature of…

I would like to give you a small glance into my past, along with my background and me in business. The introduction to my book gives you some insight to what my books contains along with the table of contents. I have had both failure and success in business. I followed the rules and did what was needed to start my businesses with the help of many, many people. To name…

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Every time a new story about how some nobody from nowhere got rich producing some clever new product in his garage, you may think, ?Why can?t I do that?? Well, anyone can?the trick is to take those good ideas and build them into great products that can succeed in the marketplace. In this book, you will get the…