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Small Business: An Entrepreneur's Business Plan| Gail Hiduke (Author), J. D. Ryan (Author)| Cengage Learning
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Your Great Adventure.
Chapter 2. Spotting Trends and Opportunities.
Chapter 3. Opportunity Selection.
Chapter 4. Profiling Your Target Customer.
Chapter 5. Reading and Beating the Competition.
Chapter 6. Location and Distribution.
Chapter 7. Marketing Promotions Overview.
Chapter 8. Start-Up Concerns and Financial Projections.
Chapter 9. Shaking the Money Tree.
Chapter 10. Legal Concerns.
;Chapter 11. Build, Maintain, and Thrive with a Winning Team.
Chapter 12. Buying a Business.
Chapter 13. Investigating Franchising.
Chapter 14. Pull Your Plan Together.
Appendix A: Fast-Start Business Plan.
Appendix B: Annie's Business Plan Proposal.
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