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The Small Business Handbook Steve Parks

The Small Business Handbook By Steve Parks

The Small Business Handbook by Steve Parks


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The Small Business Handbook is THE definitive guide to running and growing your small business.Once you're up and running you need more advice and practical guidance of a different kind to make sure your business thrives and grows, and that you are well equipped to tackle every new situation that arises.

The Small Business Handbook Summary

The Small Business Handbook: The Complete Guide to Running and Growing Your Business by Steve Parks

Getting a business off the ground is only part of the challenge. What every entrepreneur needs is a handbook to guide them through every stage of actually running their business, from finance to marketing, from sales to hiring and managing people. The Small Business Handbook is THE essential reference for anybody who is starting a business. It provides vital advice and guidance on all the day-to-day aspects of running your enterprise and also helps you plan your growth and exit strategy, so that whatever happens you'll be ready to tackle it, informed and prepared.

The accompanying CD contains a whole range of useful templates and essential documents for use in running your business, and also features audio clips of successful entrepreneurs offering their tips and techniques for making your business really successful.

Unlike many small business guides, Steve Parks is an entrepreneur with his own small but fast growning business. It's clear from every page of the handbook that he knows exactly what it's like to be in the reader's position, and he shares everything he wishes he had had during his early years of running his own business.

The book is endorsed by the Institute of Entrepreneurs, and by a wide range of entrepreneurs who have been there and done it.

The Small Business Handbook Reviews

Featured in 5 of the best - Quality World, October 2006

About Steve Parks

Steve began his career as a journalist and presenter for BBC Radio in 1994. His work has been broadcast on Radio 4, Radio 5-Live, Radio 1, Radio 2, BBC TV and the `Today' programme. He left the BBC to form his own company, initially to continue producing programmes for BBC Network Radio, but the company then evolved and grew into the UK's leading publisher of business audio.

Table of Contents

Running your business

    1. What are the vision and values of your business?
    2. What are your vision and values? How can the business get you there?
    3. Work on the business, not in the business.
    4. Business planning.
    5. Developing your managers.
    6. Converting to a Limited Company
    7. Learning to delegate
    8. Monitoring your competition
    9. Be your own competition
    10. The board of directors
    11. Board Meetings
    12. The executive management team.
    13. Executive Meetings
    14. Growing through acquisitions
    15. Sell your business every year!
  1. Finance
    1. Planning the finances of your business
    2. Raising Finance
    3. An accounting system
    4. Good financial controls
    5. Paying Staff
    6. Paying Suppliers
    7. Getting paid by customers
    8. Working with your bank
    9. Working with your accountant
    10. Working with business angels or VC's.
    11. VAT
    12. Corporation Tax
    13. Dealing with money problems
    14. Making the most of a cash surplus
    15. Legal Issues
    16. Best Practice
  2. Opportunities
    1. The big emerging trends.
    2. What business are you really in?
    3. What are your markets trends?
    4. Developing your products and services.
    5. Using new technology.
    6. Adding services to products.
    7. Be the best in the world - going global.
    8. What is your 'edge'?
  3. Staff
    1. Identifiying your need for staff
    2. Recruiting People
    3. Managing People
    4. Retaining People
    5. Motivating people
    6. Incentivising people
    7. Promoting People
    8. Preventing People Problems
    9. Handling People Problems
    10. Developing People
    11. Legal Issues
    12. Best practice
  4. Customers
    1. Finding new Customers
    2. Persuading them to buy from you
    3. Satisfying your customers
    4. Keeping your customers
    5. Doing more business with your customers
    6. Serving your customers by Mail Order
    7. Serving your customers over the Internet
    8. Serving customers outside the UK
    9. Legal Issues
    10. Best Practice
  5. Suppliers
    1. Finding suppliers
    2. Selecting suppliers
    3. Appointing suppliers
    4. Working with your suppliers
    5. Handling problems with your suppliers
    6. Dealing with suppliers outside the UK
    7. The next stage: partnership
    8. Legal Issues
    9. Best Practice
  6. Resources
    1. Property
    2. Machinery
    3. Furniture
    4. Telecoms
    5. IT
    6. E-commerce
    7. Vehicles

Additional information

GOR011075820
9780273695318
0273695312
The Small Business Handbook: The Complete Guide to Running and Growing Your Business by Steve Parks
Used - Like New
Hardback
Pearson Education Limited
2005-12-15
216
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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