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Business PlansStarting Your Own BusinessStarting Your Own Business: A "How To" Guide was published by Oak Tree Press for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in 1998. Its production was assisted by the European Commission through the Community SME Initiative under Measure 4 of the Small Business Operational Programme.
A revised and updated edition, Starting Your Own Business: A Workbook, has just been published and is available from the City/County Enterprise Boards, Area Partnerships and other enterprise support organisations, as well as from Government Publications and bookshops. A PDF version is available for download on this web-site.
The guide consists of four chapters:
Below are some extracts ...
From the Introduction ...The harsh reality is that too many new businesses fail – many more than ought to. Why? Because of lack of planning. They do not plan to fail, but they certainly fail to plan.
Preparation – in the form of careful and considered planning – is the most important thing you can do to ensure that your fledgling business gets off the ground and continues flying. You can never eliminate all risk but you can reduce it significantly – to the point where the odds are in your favour.
This guide – Starting Your Own Business – is all about preparation – preparing you for what you will face as an entrepreneur, for the obstacles, hurdles and blockages that will be placed in your way, for the new skills that you will have to learn, for the tasks that you will have to handle, for the rules, regulations and form-filling that may trip you up, right through to the agencies – State and private sector – which can help you make your dream a success.
From the Tanaiste's Foreword ...
A degree of mystery surrounds the process of starting a business. The purpose of this guide is to provide that information in one source and, thus, to demystify the process.
The range of skills and knowledge small business people require may seem daunting for an aspiring entrepreneur. Production, marketing, accounting, finance, customers, employees and business regulations are but a few areas of vital importance. This guide addresses these needs in a focused and dynamic fashion but in a style and language which is easily understood and encourages the reader. It is constructed as a self-assessment workbook so that potential entrepreneurs literally will have carried out all the necesary steps in setting up their business by the time they have finished the book.
For more information about Starting Your Own Business: A Workbook, or to see the full text, click here.
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The revised and updated 2001 edition of Starting Your Own Business: A Workbook is available from all good bookshops or direct from Oak Tree Press - Locall 1890 313855.
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