The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting Your Own Business, 6th Edition: The Only Book You Need for Entrepreneurial Success Paperback – March 6, 2012

The book is simple and understandable. If you want to put a little oopf into your buisness, I would recommend this book for you. I gave this to someone who provides a needed service. He has a much in need buisness but he's not going about it in a way that will succeed. I have no doubt he will be buying a house in a year after following this book. Best wishes to all who purchase this book.

I’m not new at trying my hand at business. But I am rusty. This book is for people who need investors or is trying to start out on a larger scale or someone whose business require a lot of start up money. This book also discusses business plans a lot. But what about the rest of us? People who just want to run a small business, like a Hot Dog Stand or Food Truck, (I’ve thought about this one), a Popcorn Cart, (I knew someone who had one), a Coffee Stand or Coffee Shack, (I knew someone who had a Coffee Stand and I thought about this one too), sell Balloons, (This one seemed simple when I was trying to earn some cash), or how about those of us who want to make Ceramics, Paint, Sketch, or sit at our kitchen table and make Jewelry or Write?!I can’t speak for anyone else but I just want to keep my business small. I just want to produce my merchandise in my home and sell it. I’m not interested in growing my business or having tons of employees or any of the craziness that goes with it. I just want to make a decent living. This book does not address the “Cottage Business” or what is now known as a “Home-Based Business” at all. Of course some of the Small Businesses I mentioned can’t literally be run out of one’s home, but they are Small Businesses.I don’t think or believe that all business owners had a Business Plan when they started out, whether they were successful or not. I certainly don’t and I don’t think that I need one. Since I’m not trying to get a loan or find Investors I don’t see the need for one. Of course I have sat down and put pen to paper, figuring out how many hours I can reasonably work and how much I need to produce to make a decent living. As long as I stay within that range I shouldn’t have to many problems.This book really didn’t give me much more information than what I had come across before. When I read a book like this I expect to learn something other than what I’ve already learned or it’s useless to me. I already knew about registering the Business name and getting the Tax Number. But as I mentioned, I’m Rusty. I want to make sure that I’m doing things in the proper order to avoid chaos.I’m not happy that I’m moving on to two other books about Starting A Business without having gotten something useful from this one. Letting me know that I should be discreet about yakking Business in public is not news to me either. I’m glad that I can put this torturous read behind me and maybe the next two books I read will teach me something that I didn’t know and something that I can use.

Great book on key concepts for starting your own business. Gives very good advice on cash flow, and the importance of cash keeping your business alive.

This book is great for anyone starting a new business. All the basic elements are covered and it is very easy to understand.

Great author with a wealth of information and real world experience.

Not what I was expecting.going around the problem it's not getti g to the point

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The book is in perfect condition.