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Starting a successful business : your guide to setting up your dream start-up, controlling its finances and managing its operations / Michael J Morris.

By: Morris, M. J. (Michael John) [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Business success (London, England): Publisher: London : Kogan Page, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 8th edition.Description: xii, 261 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780749480868 (paperback).Subject(s): New business enterprises | Entrepreneurship | Self-employedDDC classification: 658.11
Contents:
First thoughts and foundations -- Getting orders, making profits -- Controlling the money -- Raising the money -- Your business name and legal status -- Business and the law -- Premises -- Managing operations -- Financial housekeeping, VAT and tax -- Employing people -- Risk management and insurance -- Sources of help -- After a successful launch... developing your firm -- The PLG programme for growth.
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.11 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CIT Module AUTO 8012- Supplementary reading. 00218606
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.11 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CIT Module AUTO 8012- Supplementary reading. 00218610
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The first 18 months of your business is crucial. This is when the majority of new businesses fail and where a lack of proper preparation and forward planning can be your downfall. This eighth edition of Starting a Successful Business is your definitive guide to setting up a business that will thrive.

Starting a Successful Business contains the crucial, practical information needed to turn your exciting new idea into a stable and profitable business. It covers each important step in the start-up process in a clear and accessible way. The major problems facing any new business are discussed, potential pitfalls are highlighted and practical advice is offered on key topics such as: ideas for new start-ups, business planning, marketing, franchising, selling and advertising, finances and financial control, taxation, business law and employing staff.

Case studies from around the world provide inspiration and real-world guidance to support you as an entrepreneur. Brand new content on cloud computing, digital developments and making your business environmentally sustainable makes this Starting a Successful Business a cutting-edge and modern resource to show you how to make your business a success.

Includes index.

First thoughts and foundations -- Getting orders, making profits -- Controlling the money -- Raising the money -- Your business name and legal status -- Business and the law -- Premises -- Managing operations -- Financial housekeeping, VAT and tax -- Employing people -- Risk management and insurance -- Sources of help -- After a successful launch... developing your firm -- The PLG programme for growth.

CIT Module AUTO 8012- Supplementary reading.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Michael J Morris has tutored on various university business school programmes and has extensive experience consulting to small businesses. He is also the author of The First Time Manager, Successful Expansion for the Small Busines s and A Practical Guide to Entrepreneurship , all published by Kogan Page.