Have you ever thought up a great business idea but not known how to make it a reality? This book introduces readers to early entrepreneurial strategies. Real world examples help readers learn the importance of math skills for money management. Callouts prompt inquiry, further thinking, and close examination of photographs. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words....

Entrepreneurs often struggle with many aspects of business: planning and financing company growth, creating a company vision, recruiting, leading, and managing people, as well as personal costs. Here, more than 50 business owners and entrepreneurs offer a wealth of real-life stories - in their own words - that provide rare insights about keeping a company healthy and growing.

Imagine watching and playing with someone's pets for the day-while getting paid for it too. Sounds pretty great, right? So why not start your own pet-sitting service? Learn everything you need to know to get started. Read about tips on how to grow your business, build your reputation, and manage your time and money.

Taking care of a yard is hard work. Turning yard care into a business is even more work. The advice in this book on advertisement, work ethic, and money management make becoming a successful entrepreneur easy.

Here is your map for an exciting voyage. This Field Guide is the tool to help you navigate through the mysterious and unknown regions to where you want to be - starting and running your own successful business. Learn how to determine if your business idea is feasible; write a bankable business plan; target customers - and keep them coming back; manage cash; develop a strategy that beats the competition; create a Web presence; avoid legal hassles;...

Do you love crafting? Are you a DIY guru? Then why not make it your business? Learn the ins and outs to starting a crafting business. With helpful tips and practical advice, becoming a young entrepreneur has never been easier!

"Starting and Building Your Own Accounting Business offers hands-on, guidance on the actual day-to-day specifics of creating and marketing your own accounting business - while building a foundation for ongoing success. The book offers advice on designing a workable business plan, leasing and furnishing an office, as well as tips on prospecting for clients (where to find and rate them) and developing a fee structure (with advice on collecting fees)....

The first and only guide to a subject of vital interest to every entrepreneur. Written by an author team that brings together the expertise of two leading Wharton academics and an entrepreneurial superstar, Entrepreneurial Marketing arms entrepreneurs with cutting-edge marketing approaches - including the latest Web-based segmentation and positioning techniques - that will provide their new ventures with solid foundations on which to build, grow,...