Owning a small business can be a fulfilling and financially rewarding experience, but to be successful, you must know what to do before starting a business; what to do while the business is up and running; and, most importantly, what to do when the business runs into trouble. With a combined fifty years of small business experience between them, authors Barbara Weltman and Jerry Silberman know what it takes to make it in this competitive environment, and in Small Business Survival Book, they show you how. In a clear and concise voice, Weltman and Silberman reveal twelve surefire ways to help your small business survive and thrive in today's market. With this book as your guide, you'll discover how to: * Delegate effectively * Monitor cash flow * Extend credit and stay on top of collections * Build and maintain credit and restructure your debt * Meet your tax obligations * Grow your business with successful marketing strategies * Use legal protections * Plan for catastrophe and disaster recovery Whether you're considering starting a new business or looking to improve your current venture, Small Business Survival Book has what you need to succeed.

Provides a series of successful, effective, and affordable strategies for coping with and conquering creditors, taxes, competitors, and greedy lawyers and accountants in a guide for struggling entrepreneurs. Original. 30,000 first printing.

This survival guide incorporates professional records management principles in teaching small business owners those with fewer than 20 employees, home-based businesses, and the self-employed who have no employees how to organize and manage their business records. Organize your Office answers these questions: 1) What records are vital to your business and how should they be handled to ensure privacy, business continuity, and regulatory compliance? 2) What legal issues apply to your small business and its records? 3) What business records do you need to keep and for how long? 4) What do you need to do to ensure you can access the information you need when you need it? Written in simple, non-technical terms, this book will - describe the benefits of effective records management - explain inventory procedures to identify operational records - introduce records retention practices - explain vital records procedures - explain filing fundamentals - introduce records management automation

***SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** With straightforward, heart-felt advice, The Business Survival Kit guides you to a thriving business while nurturing your humanity -- Marie Forleo, #1 NY Times bestselling author of Everything is Figureoutable This book will help you make clearer, smarter, braver decisions in all areas of your life -- Emma Gannon, author of The Multi-Hyphen Method Starting a business isn't easy. In fact, it can be scary, exhausting and demoralising. When it finally takes off, even though you're fulfilling a lifelong dream, it can be a struggle to keep up with the rest of your life. How can you cope with the inevitable stresses and strains along the way? In The Business Survival Kit, serial entrepreneurs Byron Cole and Bianca Miller-Cole prepare you for the ride of your life. With straight-talking advice and insights from leading experts it will help you answer the fundamental question of whether you can handle being an entrepreneur in the first place and then help you navigate the inevitable ups and many downs that go hand in hand with that decision. Learn how to: *Cope with stress, anxiety and uncertainty *Build your confidence and tackle impostor syndrome *Maintain a healthy work/life balance *Build strong networks and nurture your personal relationships *And stay motivated (even in the midst of failure)

Presents practical advice on getting a small business to grow, covering such topics as branding, marketing, sales, personnel management, customers, new technology, and business plans.

This practical book is designed to accelerate your small business marketing learning curve and review key principles of revenue-generating marketing. Perfect for a boardroom or a bathroom read!

This book is one of the most practical, sound and wise investments you will ever make in your small business. It explains Rich & Ron's process to take a $5,000 investment and bootstrap a successful company. Build a business from where you are. Avoid the big mistakes that kill most businesses. Secure your future financially while maintaining a balanced lifestyle. Bootstrap Business is a self-contained book that explores Rich & Ron's experiences in launching companies. 28 attempts, 10 miserable failures, 8 multi-million dollar successes. Hard work is required. You can do it. Bootstrap Business teaches you how.