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REDI report volume 2018, June
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Despite the fact that they only employ their owner, there seems to exist a link between nonemployer activity and future changes in the number of employer establishments. Nonemployers might become employer establishments themselves - -and/or inspire other establishments to set up shop. A 10-percentage point increase in the growth rate of nonemployers is associated with a 2- to 4-percentage point uptick in the growth of employer establishments.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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"As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and the sources of new ideas, inspiration, and delight, bookstores have the capacity to save the world. Therefore, we need to protect them and the critical roles they fill in our communities. Danny Caine makes a compelling case for the power of small, local businesses in this thoughtful examination of the dynamic world of bookstores"--
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"In Jim Cumbee's Home Run, a Pro's Guide to Selling Your Business, you'll learn how a buyer will look at your business based on what Cumbee calls the Seven Principles of Irresistibility: DIVERSE CUSTOMER BASE, SUSTAINABLE REVENUE, RELIABLE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, DEMONSTRABLE SCALABILITY, UNIQUE MARKET POSITION, OWNER INDEPENDENCE, BELIEVABLE GROWTH STORY" - from book jacket
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Your go-to resource for selling your craft goods part-time, full of ideas for setting up and selling out. Find out how to: discover your expectations and motivations; set up shop and get paid; join an indie craft show; get some press; package goods and customer service; balance life and crafts. Plus, business forms, lists of resources and a directory of indie craft shows.--From publisher description.
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"Deduct It! shows you how to maximize your business deductions-quickly, easily and legally. Easy to read and full of real-world examples,Deduct It! will pay for itself many times over. It covers deductions for start-up and operating expenses; travel, meals and entertainment; home offices (including new IRS rules); health care; equipment and inventory; and Obamacare. Includes detailed information on the new health care law (Obamacare) and how it affects...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When columnist Paul Downs was approached by the New York Times to write for their "You're the Boss" blog, he had been running his custom furniture business for 24 years strong-or, mostly strong. Now, he embarks on a book length essay that intends to show a portrait of a real business, with a real boss, a real set of employees, and the real challenges they face, in hopes of promoting a better understanding of the behaviors of small business owners....
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Artisanal foods are making a comeback as more and more people seek to stock their pantries, and their bellies, with handcrafted or locally grown and made foods. Specialty markets and sections at grocery stores are catering to this new desire for the special, the unique, the carefully made foods. Small Batch: Pickles, Cheese, Chocolate, Spirits and the Return of Artisanal Foods colorfully details the landscape of the newest wave of the artisanal food...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"The experts say that America's best days are behind us, that mediocre long-term economic growth is baked in the cake, and that politically, socially, and racially, the United States will continue to tear itself apart. But David Smick--hedge fund strategist and author of the 2008 bestseller The World Is Curved--argues that the experts are wrong. In recent decades, a Corporate Capitalism of top down mismanagement and backroom deal-making has smothered...