new business enterprises

Ambitious young accountant Ivan Davis's plan to promote business network events among the rich and famous in southern California brings him to the attention of Lucina Gallo, reigning diva of San Diego's nightlife culture, and they form a partnership that is so successful Ivan is soon unable to draw a line between business and pleasure, and begins to wonder how much money and power is enough.

Explains how to write a business plan, providing detailed guidance on and examples of each plan section, U.S. tax information, and plan packaging and updating; and includes three complete plans from actual companies, blank forms and work sheets, and a glossary of business and financial terms.

Addresses the typical start-up and growth questions of people considering opening a small business.

Contains the success stories of various entrepreneurs and offers advice on how to create a successful business.

Profiles entrepreneurs who have turned their visions into realities and had a significant impact on world history.

Guide to business for African-American women, with advice on how to start a buisness, create a business plan, raise capital, be your own marketing and publicity firm, and run a business from home.

Offers advice on how to become a teenage entrepreneur, covering business design, funding, advertising, and other topics; features interviews with seventeen successful teenage entrepreneurs; and includes worksheets, a list of resources, and suggestions for starting a business.

Offers advice for people interested in pursuing careers as small business owners relating the experiences of two dozen entrepreneurs involved in bed-and-breakfast inn management, writing, service industries, and performing.