Most small business guides claim to be for entrepreneurs, but either talk over their heads or treat them like they have no business savvy. The solution? Business for Beginners.

Written by an entrepreneur, it targets the 13 big questions (and all the other questions that come with) that entrepreneurs need to consider to build a successful business, with the answers that will set them on the right track.

Frances McGuckin and SmallBizPro are dedicated to reaching the small business owner, speaking constantly across North America and working closely with the small business associations that entrepreneurs turn to for help.

This book contains clear advice along with case studies, examples, checklists and "success strategies." The essential advice includes:

• Knowing where to start
• Understanding legal and tax requirements
• Understanding financial statements
• Organizing accounting and paperwork
• Developing a winning business plan
• Building entrepreneurial skills
• Marketing on a budget

Francis McGuckin's profile page

Frances McGuckin is an award-winning, bestselling author, business management consultant, small business expert, professional speaker and columnist. She travels across North America delivering passionate, powerful, information-packed and motivational messages to small business owners. Business for Beginners has sold over 125,000 copies in its three editions. Her home-based businesses, SmallBizPro.com Services and Eastleigh Publications, are in their 20th year. She has beenactively teaching entrepreneurship for 18 years, teaching the first accredited Equine Entrepreneurship course at Kwantlen University College in Langley, British Columbia. For more information, visit her Web site at www.smallbizpro.com.