Book: The Essential Business Handbook:
The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Up and Running Fast

Author: Beth Andrus

This book is a great reference book for all new small businesses. Everything you need is in easy to read chapters that are not over flowing with personal stories and information no one cares about. Andrus tells you what to do and why. Then she gives you a few resources to get it done. Don’t let the cartoon image of Andrus fool you. If you completed one item from each chapter, in less than a month you would be up and running.
Andrus writes in a simple style however she includes some very important information that people need. Every business must create a solid foundation; each brick of that foundation is covered here. All of the things you can find, however you are going to have to look several different places to get it all. Her explanation of resale number alone makes it worth it to get your book. Reading the California state government information booklet on resale numbers and how to calculate the tax is far more complicated that it should be. Andrus breaks it down with an easy to understand example. (more…)