Consortium Library

Get down to business with this enterprising guide by financial and business wizards Eric Tyson and Jim Schell. Small Business For Dummies means business when it comes to helping you draft a new business plan, manage costs and budgets, and maintain that crucial competitive edge. You'll profit from the hands-on advice and real-world examples that cover every aspect of starting, running, and building your own successful business, all packed in common-sense order between the covers of Small Business For Dummies.

Whether you're just making the leap from employee to entrepreneur or you're looking to expand your established small business, you'll find this great guide to be one of your most valuable company resources. Authors Tyson and Schell have, between the two of them, more than four decades of experience in starting and running successful small businesses. Throughout the book, they share the lessons they've learned -- sometimes the hard way -- to save you plenty of time and trouble when it comes to surviving your own small business ventures (and adventures).