Managing Your Finances (Small Business Guides) - Hardcover

Barrow, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789471981 ISBN 13: 9780789471987

Publisher: Dk Pub, 2001

Synopsis

Expert advice for success in a small business. Learn from an expert the most effective way to manage your business finances. From preparing a business plan and raising capital to establishing sound management and financial controls, this jargon free-guide shows you how to run your business successfully. Essential know-how on taxation and legal issues is supplemented by helpful charts and diagrams, at-a-glance tip boxes, case studies, questionnaires, and checklists that gives you a complete understanding of small-business finance. In Estimating Finances, you'll learn about preparing your business plan, and forecasting cash flow. Then move on to Raising the Money, to find out about organizing your business, and choosing a source of finance, followed by Tracking the Money, which covers keeping the books, the profit and loss account, the balance sheet, and accounting rules. Finally, discover the keys to Controlling the Numbers, from watching the big picture, going into detail, and setting out your budget, to improving your performance. Managing Your Finances also provides Useful Information, from legal matters, financial matters, and glossary, to useful contacts, and suggested reading. Managing Your Finances is one of four new titles in an innovative series of practical guides, covering every aspect of business, for everyone starting their own small business.

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About the Author

Colin Barrow is Head of the Enterprise Group at Cranfield School of Management, and Director of the Business Growth and Development Program, a successful program for entrepreneurs. He has written numerous books on small business and entrepreneurship, and has acted as an adviser on the Microsoft Small Business Planner project. Outside his work at Cranfield, Colin is a strategic consultant and a board member at a number of companies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789471981
• ISBN 13: 9780789471987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192