This is a complete guide to how to create a plan for, open, operate, and market a new small business.

Manual Jobs, the author, will walk you through the process of:

• Selecting your target audience to market to
• Recognizing what the pitfalls are that new business owners should avoid
• Finding financing if you need working capital for your new venture
• Setting up the correct type of business (sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability, or corporation)
• Setting achievable goals (long- and short-term)
• Getting a website in place
• And much, much more

Here is a tip on starting a business: Take time to write a business plan. Never use the fact that you are just starting a small business as an excuse to skip writing a formal business plan. You may not be proposing to anybody. You may not be facing a team of investors. You may not be looking forward to reaching out to angel investors. You may not even be thinking of applying for a bank loan. Still, you need a proper business plan.

Review your business plan often. Make changes to it in accordance with what is and is not working in your business. If you find one or two things that are really profitable in your adventures, alter your plan to accommodate getting laser focused on these areas.

In business, when you discover what is really working, you focus on ramping up those areas in order to make more money as fast as possible. Your business plan will help you see what is profitable.

As you can see, Manual Jobs offers suggestions that are easy to understand. Starting a small business does not have to be complicated.

This book intends to help you overcome fear and inspire you to own and operate your own small business.