A Small Business Owners Guidebook

A small business owners handbook. This South African survival guide booklet has been written for those entrepreneurs who are about to start, or who have just started their own small businesses and are still learning the ropes. Many aspects of the book are also applicable to businesses in other developed or developing countries. The author has attempted to write this booklet in plain understandable English. Chapters cover the following day-to-day obstacles of running a business: • legal requirements of owning a business; • critical business criteria; • how to determine correct business names; • how to find the right locations; • basic keeping of books of account; • simple budgeting; • avoiding cash flow problems & bankruptcy; • determining the right selling price; • critical aspects of insurance claims; • strategic planning for survival; • websites,social media and new ways of advertising; • important employee & other documentation. Lots more tips and advice from an experienced business owner