Grow your business / by Mark Henricks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henricks, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small business--Management.

Small business.

Physical Description:

xix, 439 p. : ill.

Other Title:

Entrepreneur magazine's grow your business

Place of Publication:

Irvine, CA : Entrepreneur Press, c2001.

Summary:

Surviving start-up is only the first stage in creating a successful business venture. Next, you need to know how to manage and grow it. This much-anticipated companion volume to Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Your Own Business will soon become every business owner's or manager's key tool for building a thriving business. Grow Your Business shows you how to size up your current status, pinpoint your aspirations, and determine your business's potential. You'll also learn the best ways to increase productivity, evaluate outsourcing, and determine if it's time to staff up, relocate, go global, or go online. Includes sections on benchmarking success, as well as tax, state and federal regulations, financing, and travel issues to consider as you grow. Book jacket.

Contents:

Intro

Table Of Contents

Introduction

Part One-Where Are You Going?

Chapter 1-Where Are You Now?

Chapter 2-What Are Your Aspirations?

Chapter 3-Picking A Time To Grow

Chapter 4-Setting New Goals

Chapter 5-Ready To Relocate?

Chapter 6-Building A Company Image

Part Two-How Are You Going To Get There?

Chapter 7-Hiring Employees

Chapter 8-Using Professional Service Providers

Chapter 9-Funding Expansion

Chapter 10-Going Global

Chapter 11-Trade Shows And Conferences

Chapter 12-Marketing, Advertising And PR

Chapter 13-Setting Up Distribution

Chapter 14-Updating Office Technology

Chapter 15-Partnering With Suppliers And Vendors

Chapter 16-Innovating For Growth

Chapter 17-Setting Prices

Chapter 18-Customer Service

Chapter 19-Sales Personnel

Chapter 20-Other Roads To Growth

Chapter 21-Online Growth Opportunities

Part Three-After You Arrive

Chapter 22-Managing People

Chapter 23-Risk Management

Chapter 24-Financial Management

Chapter 25-Regulatory Roadblocks

Chapter 26-Business Travel Tips

Chapter 27-Administering Growing Businesses

Chapter 28-Beating Business Cycles

Chapter 29-Time And Stress Management

Chapter 30-Communicating Effectively

Chapter 31-Coping With Competition

Part Four-The Next Journey

Chapter 32-Succession Planning

Chapter 33-Retirement Planning

Chapter 34-Entrepreneur Study Programs

Chapter 35-Franchising Your Business

Chapter 36-Selling Your Business

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781891984693

1891984691

OCLC:

923762219