Archive for February 29th, 2004
The Unofficial Guide to Starting a Small Business
Amazon: “I just got the book and cannot put it down. Ms. Turner makes a potentially dry subject come to life. I particularly like the sidebar information, good examples to support the overall message.”
Amazon: “The book focuses an many specific aspects of funding small business. The language (for non-english native speakers) is simple and easy to read. In the book there are not to many mathematical equations and if they are they are easy to understand. Very nice book for entrepreneurs or managers of small business in understanding [...]
Fundraising for Nonprofits : How to Build a Community Partnership
Amazon: “Most of the nonprofit “help” books are very dry, but this one is very readable. The information is extremely helpful and directly addresses the difficulties that we have to overcome in fundraising, particularly the “I hate to ask people for money” syndrome. I love that in places, the author says, “here is the attitude [...]
Going Wireless: Transform Your Business with Mobile Technology
Amazon: “Easton takes a very difficult subject and pieces together how wireless will make our lives simpler and faster still. We can get what we want, when we want it. We can make an order from a wireless hand held device and pick it up within minutes.This book is made to order if you want [...]
Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions
Amazon: “I can truely attribute this book to helping me get my current position. My previous interviews were wrought with apprehension and they did not go well. Once I read this book, I was brimming with confidence and I got the job !”
Amazon: “What is best about the book is that it digs into the multitude of steps necessary to prepare for a successful campaign. When I first read the Table of Contents I was somewhat overwhelmed with the idea that so many things had to take place before actually asking for substantial contributions to our nonprofit. [...]
Import/Export: How to Get Started in International Trade
Amazon: “Freemanuals.com for the free user manuals on ANYTHING!”
The Extraordinary Leader : Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders
Amazon: “For the past two years I have been working as a consultant on the creation of an executive service for the UN. More recently I have played a similar role for the US federal government. I have become a student of the thinking and the books on developing leaders. This book is by far [...]
Amazon: “I would highly recommend picking up this book to anyone contemplating opening a small business or maybe struggling with an existing one. It is an easy read and reminds you of the common pitfalls, at the same time motivating for success…”
Amazon: “Rather than portray e-business as a huge effort that will consume everything and will transform the world, this is a solid book on getting down to the nuts and bolts of real world. If most e-business books are geared to business suits and theories, this book is down to working uniforms and getting things [...]
Math for Merchandising: A Step-by-Step Approach
Amazon: “IT WAS PRACTICAL-EASY TO FOLLOW-AND MADE MY JOB SO MUCH EASIER! NOT AT ALL LIKE TEXTBOOKS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL DUMB–NEVER GOT LOST–HIGHLY RECOMMEND!”
From Concept to Wall Street: A Complete Guide to Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
Amazon: “as an entrepreneur and VC investor tfor more than 20 years, i higly recoomend the book. extremely useful insights for both roles, which indicate how experienced these authors and their advisors are. the book covers all important aspects of the business, along with useful tips and watch outs known only the most experienced people [...]
Amazon: “Nick has done a nice job of summarizing the current new, new technologies and matching them to business issues. Solid read for managers and technologists alike.”
The Online Rules of Successful Companies: The Fool-Proof Guide to Building Profits
Amazon: “Miller is an exceptionally blunt, honest, straight-forward writer. I like that in a writer from whom I am seeking business advice. Fanciful stuff is great in science fiction, but this is the real world, the harsh, unforgiving world of business today. I need to be able to trust the writer to relate facts, not [...]
Budgeting: Profit Planning and Control (5th Edition)
Amazon: “This book aimes at giving the reader a comprehensive picture of the budgetprocess from the creation of the different parts of the budget to the finished result, and the processes after the completion.The authors try to make it the most complete, practical and readable book about budgeting.I think, that the result is very good. [...]
The Do-It-Yourself Business Promotions Kit
Amazon: “As the title suggests, this book is a how-to guide for marketing and promoting your business. It contains hundreds of scripts, ready made examples, and can help with dealing with customers on all levels.More than half the book is focused on written communications. It contains suggestions as well as ready-made examples– from cold sales [...]
Amazon: “one must read this book. This book is a great experience of every reader who can go throughly.”
Start Your Own Gift Basket Business (Start Your Own Business)
Amazon: “This book discussed the specific business of gift baskets very infrequently and was extremely outdated. There was no mention of the internet whatsoever and the use of a computer was virtually non-existent as well. It would have been nice to know how to set up inventory and manage bookkeeping through Excel, for example. I [...]
Start Your Own Childcare Business (Start Your Own)
Amazon: “The book was really good to put things in perspective of a business view. It had very little to say specifically about childcare but I thought the book was good enough to get some helpful information from it and pass it on to a friend who had nothing to do with childcare.”
Getting Yours: The Complete Guide to Government Money (Getting Yours, 3rd Ed)
Amazon: “This book might be a lot more helpful if it were updated regularly. The current–third–edition is from 1986, which is ludicrous with subject matter this volatile. The content itself is a bit too brief, but would still be very helpful if it had been done some time in the last 1-5 years.”
The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market
Amazon: “In Business studies, we were taught that to succeed with our business we should be able to provide best product/service, best prices and superb customer service. The results are mainly unsatisfactory because while we try to master all three aspects, we fail in all of them.This book will teach you for the first time [...]
The Boiler Room and Other Telephone Sales Scams
Amazon: “I thought this was an excellent book. The epilogue alone is worth the price of the book. Builds on what Polsky started with his book. Quite interesting.”
Global E-Commerce Strategies for Small Business
Amazon: “I have read this book and find it to be one of the most comprehensive books on the subject. It develops the subject very gradually and provides solid material for understanding e-business for small companies. It provides nice and useful examples and case studies that help the reader to understand the nuts and bolts [...]
Amazon: “I brought this book after reading it at the library. I was highly impressed, and knew I would have to add this to my personal library. It was moreso of a business guide, which was more than excellent for me. Presented the material in a much more livelier way than all of the other [...]
The Complete Cheapskate: How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out, and Break Free from Money Worries Forever
Amazon: “Thank God for Mary Hunt! She hit me right between the eyes with reality. We started in Spring 1995 with $70,000 in debt. It has taken 3 1/2 years of hard work, but in 4 months we will be completely debt free except for our mortgage, and will be in the black for the [...]
Amazon: “The contents of this book are worse that decor magazines. As an interior designer I was disappointed after reading this book. Very few and poor examples. I do not recommend.”
Amazon: “It is a good book for beginner as well as people who have some accounting background. The book provides simple real life example that is easy to understand.”
Amazon: “When I first started out, I did not know how much to serve and how to break down my expenses. After reading this book, that information was no longer a mystery. It is precisely what the beginner needs and what the experienced can use for reference. Not only does it contain information on what [...]
The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business
Amazon: “If you are looking for a very comprehensive book on running a graphic design company, this is for you. The book goes into details on everything from pricing to hiring, insurance, taxes, incorporation, dealing with clients, vendors and just about everything in between. It is quite a hefty book and it will take a [...]
Amazon: “If you have started, or are thinking about starting your own small business this is a must have book. Especially for those not jumping around in the industry and not knowing how to deal monetarily with things that are so personal (your art).The book devotes a lot to operating a small business in general [...]
Amazon: “When reading the book it was filled with too many facts and not enough experiences. I fill that we could learn from peoples mistakes so next time I suggest to add a summary of where the case subjects are now and what they decided to do.”
Bringing Home the Business: The 30 Truths Every Home Business Owner Must Know
Amazon: “I found this book to be worth the money, though not the best ever (only because it covers a lot of subjects and therefore had to be rather generalized). It does, however, do an excellent job of summarizing the ideas it does present, and continuallly applying throughout the book the points it has already [...]
Amazon: “very good and very original book ! the only book talking about “corporate venture capital”: the venture capital made by great companies.”
How to Start a Successful Home Business
Amazon: “The book is quite technical, includes lots of ideas about how to go about starting a home business. It is quite useful in a sense that it is easy to understand and follow, definitely worth the money and if you are wondering how to go about starting your own home business, this is the [...]
Amazon: “It seems to me like Levinson barely put any effort into this book at all. There really is nothing new or groundbreaking in this book. To me, this was just a quick way for him to capitalize on his “Guerrilla Brand Name” to make an extra buck with recycled information. The concepts in this [...]
The Power of Nice: How to Negotiate So Everyone Wins- Especially You!, Revised Edition
Amazon: “This book provides a geart foundation of how to make not just one-time deals, but deals that will lead to more and more deals down the road. Dispels the notion that negotiation is war and should be treated as such. One should strive for WIN-win in that both sides win but your side gets [...]
Free Money® for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
Amazon: “This book lists sources of funding or assistance for both profit and non-profit organizations. Naturally, most of these funds are allocated to community development, social issues, conservation and economic development. Each listing includes relevant information such as the contact person, address and phone number, proposal deadlines, information on amounts previously given, and the required [...]
Building a Mail Order Business : A Complete Manual for Success
Amazon: “This book is outdated for the 21st century. The basics are there and in great detail but most of the information is useless for today.”
Entrepreneur Magazine: Starting an Import/Export Business
Amazon: “this was somewhat of a disappointment. i ordered through entrepreneur magazine, and the shipped product did not seem like the same thing i read about in their magazine. i was going to photocopy it and return for a refund, but the book was so awful i forgot i had it until after the return [...]
The Ideal Entrepreneurial Business for You
Amazon: “I have owned a business for 17 years and am interested in starting another one. This book was written in 1995 and although covers the computer industry and service related businesses, does not mention internet or e-comerce businesses which appear to be the hot small businesses of 1999. More pages were devoted to which [...]
Wealth Preservation: How to Start and Develop an Estate Planning Practice
Amazon: “Be careful about the unauthorized practice of law. An accountant or financial planner cannot legally write a Will or a Trust document. No lawyer worth his salt would sign off on a document drafted by someone who the state has not allowed to practice law.”
Free Money® from the Federal Government for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
Amazon: “I wish I had seen these reviews for this book. It is worthless in terms of information on obtaining funds for small business. If your handicapped or a minority it might be of some use for loans. Nothing relevent for myself as an individual with no startup capital.”
Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook for Small and Midsize Companies
Amazon: “IN “STRUNK & WHITE” STYLE MR. WEST PENNED THE PERFECTLY CONCISE GUIDE TO WINNING AT M & A. THIS SMALL BOOK IS A REQUIRED TEXT. NOTHING IS MISSING FROM ITS TEACHINGS. BUY IT AND READ IT. NOW, GO BACK AND REALLY STUDY IT. THANKS AGAIN THOMASDR. MARIO T. SCADUTO PH.D.”
A Basic Guide for Buying and Selling a Company
Amazon: “This book is light and superficial. Although I found the writing entertaining, the help I was looking for is missing from this book.”
A Basic Guide for Valuing a Company, 2nd Edition
Amazon: “Good overview of valuation concepts, but if you want to sit down and actually come up with a number, try “Unlocking the Value of Your Business”.”
The Complete Guide to Getting a Grant : How to Turn Your Ideas Into Dollars
Amazon: “This book was nothing but a dissapointment..Did not get me any closer to a grant than I was before I read the book..”
Entrepreneur Magazine : Guide to Professional Services
Amazon: “A well thought out and easy to use reference for anyone faced with hiring consultants, attorneys, etc. Important advice and excellent methodology make this book a must own for any business person who has the responsibility of hiring and using outside service providers”
Do-It-Yourself Direct Marketing : Secrets for Small Business
Amazon: “every page is packed with out of this world info to help promote your business – the techniques are suitable for small businesses (even really small businesses), with practical, low-budget techniques – a must-have for anyone who wants results- includes a checklist to use before ads and mailpieces go to print – 5 stars!”
The Home Office Solution : How to Balance Your Professional and Personal Lives While Working at Home
Amazon: “This is an excellent topic and a book that you should read if you are working at home and have children.”
Amazon: “This is a comprehensive book that is a must for learning the ropes of entrepreneurship. As a graduate of the MBA program at Columbia, I had a special entrepreneurial interest and focus. I am excited to see that Jack Kaplan has added another outstanding book to complement his other books on the subject. Jack [...]
