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Cover of Start Your Own Child-Care Service

Get Paid to Care for Kids!

Do you enjoy working with children? Would you like to help lighten the load on busy moms and dads? With more and more parents needing help to care for their children, the market for child-care services is exploding.

Whether you want to start a family-style child-care center in your home, a large center at a commercial site or a niche business like child transportation, this guide can help you get started.

Business experts and successful child-care service owners offer valuable information on:

  • Legal and insurance concerns
  • Facility location and setup considerations
  • Security issues
  • How to establish and revise rates
  • Hour and policy considerations
  • Records to obtain from parents

Sample forms, updated resources and step-by-step instructions will get you on the road to success.

Cover of Start Your Own Freight Brokerage Business

Write your own ticket to success matching carriers to shippers

Looking for an easy-to-start business that can turn a profit in a very short time? Then you should definitely consider starting a freight brokerage business. The majority of goods shipped in the United States are sent by truck. Without freight brokers, most of those goods would end up sitting in a warehouse or on the docks. As a freight broker, you'll match carriers with shippers and make a healthy fee in the process. A freight brokerage business is simple to start. You don't need to specialize education or a knowledge of the shipping industry, and you can run your own business right out of your home. Our book tells you everything you need to know, including:

How to find reliable carriers How to successfully market your services What rates and commissions you should charge Record-keeping requirements Tips for hiring staff Techniques for growing your business Common pitfalls and how to avoid them

This book also includes a glossary of common terms, real-life tips and hints from successful freight brokers, as well as preprinted forms and worksheets you can use in running your business.

Cover of Start Your Own Restaurant and More
Americans spend more than $600 billion a year eating out. Busy consumers don't have the time or inclination to cook - they want tasty, nutritious meals without dishes to wash. More and more singles, working parents and seniors are demanding greater convenience and are turning to restaurants to fill that need. There's plenty of room for more food businesses, but for a successful startup you need more than just good recipes. You also need to know about planning, capitalization, inventory control, and payroll management.

Entrepreneur has compiled everything you need including how to evaluate the competition, how to research potential customers, the basics of setting up a kitchen, how to find a great location, how to leap over regulatory hurdles in the industry, and how to find the best people to staff your business.
Among the many topics covered are:
Set-up
Staffing
Permits
Marketing
Equipment
Inventory
Legal structure
Sanitation
Financial management

Fully updated with the newest trends in menu items, décor and themes, plus recent market statistics and forecasts. Interviews with successful eatery owners show how others have made their food business dreams come true. So whether you decide to keep it simple with a sandwich-and-salad operation or make a splash with a four-star bistro, we've got the information you need to be a success.