How to Start Your Own Business on a Shoestring and Make up to $500,000 a Year, 3 rd Revised Edition
Earning up to $500,000 a year with little or no overhead is the ultimate dream of many entrepreneurs. To show readers how to turn their dream into reality, Tyler Hicks' How to Start Your Own Business on a Shoestring  offers over 1,000 business ideas (many requiring little cash) to encourage readers to self-start a profitable business. Hicks champions the philosophy of working at home to maximize savings and throughout this valuable idea-rich book, he offers tips on day-to-day business operations. Hicks outlines specific strategies such as: operating a mail-order or direct-mail service; directing a service business; using low-cost manufacturing; and offering personal services. Chapters include analyzing personal income needs, estimating profits, recognizing and overcoming competition, and avoiding the most common pitfalls. In addition, How to Start Your Own Business on a Shoestring  outlines the newest ways to build wealth using computers and computer-generated materials.  --Midwest Book Review