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Successfully running a small catering business takes more than a passion for cooking and a knack for preparing tasty dishes. You have to be a superb planner and manager as well. Whether you are already in the food service industry or are looking for a challenging career move, this book is a complete guide to succeeding as a caterer.
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Home cleaning is one of the fastest-growing service businesses in North America. A good cleaning service brings comfort and order into people's lives and in today's world, these are highly sought-after commodities. A home cleaning service can start out small, but it has the potential to grow to be a multi-million dollar business with branch offices and franchises. Your business can grow to the point where you need to lease office space, hire staff,...
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Starting a home daycare takes more than just a love of children, it also takes an understanding of the business. Child care is a much sought-after service today. If you love working with children and want to run your own business, a home daycare could be the perfect choice. Providing quality child care and making a profit isn't child's play. Caring for children is as challenging and multifaceted as parenting itself. In addition, you need to master...
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Have you ever stayed in a bed and breakfast and thought how exciting it would be to open your own B&B? This book shows you the business side of opening your home to visitors. The clearly written text, along with dozens of easy-to-follow worksheets and explanatory samples, shows you how to plan everything.
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Corporations and agencies outsource most of their copywriting and need copywriters more than ever today--including for Internet marketing. Most copywriters cannot keep up with the demand for their services, and many make between $50,000 and $150,000. Start & Run a Copywriting Business is your essential guide to getting started and prospering in an industry that offers subst
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Start & Run a Creative Services Business will show you how to use your skills, training, and experience to make money designing things like book covers, logos, corporate promotional materials, websites, and advertisements. The book acts as your friend and adviser in the competitive world of the self-employed, and teaches you how to advocate for yourself. Industry specific information is presented in a logical order, appealing to the novice as well...
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With the easy-to-read tips and business strategies taught in this book, readers will learn how to make a handyman business profitable. The book provides tips for both doing the job and the skills needed to run the business. The work life of a handyman can be very rewarding. It means finding creative solutions to everyday problems, learning new things, and enjoying a wide variety of tasks. Handymen can set their own hours and be their own bosses. But...
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If you like being your own boss and working outdoors and enjoy nature, you can start your own profitable landscape maintenance business. This book is perfect if you want to start from scratch or if you already work in the field but would like to strike out on your own. Start & Run a Landscaping Business will get you started in the fascinating business of professional lawn and garden care and will prove essential in helping you to shorten the learning...
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Every year hundreds of thousands of restaurants open with great expectations, and every year almost as many close down. The successful restaurateur is a combination of entrepreneur, entertainer, and magician. Your success in owning a restaurant will come as a direct result of solid business practices and your ability to entertain and satisfy your customers.
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Make money planning events with style and impress your clients - from weddings to meetings! Start & Run an Event Planning Business shows you how to start and run a successful enterprise by planning events of all kinds - from weddings and private parties to corporate events, meetings, conferences, and sporting events. This book will show you not only how to organize events, but also how to run the business. Keeping track of all the many details involved...
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Learn the skills to make your bookkeeping business thrive!
Run your own profitable business from home
Start your business with just a small investment
Learn how to successfully market your services
Many bookkeeping services fail because the entrepreneurs who start them focus on bookkeeping and don't take the time to learn how to plan their businesses and make them profitable. Written in the step-by-step style that has made the Start...
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On average, North Americans spend more money on their pets annually than they do on toys, candy, movies, video games, and recorded music! With increased interest for careers involving pets, Start & Run a Pet Business provides the knowledge needed to create a successful, ethical business working with animals. With topics ranging from various business opportunities in the pet sector today, managing your start-up costs, key demographics of the pet industry,...
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Make money planning events with style and impress your clients. 'Start & Run a Meeting and Event Planning Business' shows would-be business owners how to start and run a successful enterprise planning events of all kinds-from weddings and private parties to corporate events, meetings, conferences, and sporting events. This book will show you not only how to organize events, but also how to run the business itself. Keeping track of all the many details...
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"As laws change, North Americans are gaining greater legal access to marijuana through local dispensaries. But the rise of the dispensary brings a mountain of challenges. This book treats the fledgling industry as a serious prospect and identifies the best practices to start and run a dispensary. From business basics to ensure sufficient cash flow, to science basics to ensure proper sourcing and care of the products, the author walks dispensary...
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Home security and safety are key personal concerns, but the protection business is rife with amateurs. This book is the definitive guide on how to successfully launch a security business to save time, money, and legal problems. It offers practical advice on how to develop business clientele, deal with safety issues, and overcome liability. Author Katherine Matak teaches readers how to create a respected company and market their brand, all while avoiding...