tailieunhanh - Running a Good Business

Why Good? Why Now? By Claude Whitmyer and Gail Terry Grimes Published by FutureU Press, a division of The University of the Future, LLC Smashwords Edition Copyright © 2011 by Claude Whitmyer and Gail Terry Grimes. All rights reserved. License Notes: This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. | ______ ______ Running a Good Business Book 1 Why Good Why Now By Claude Whitmyer and Gail Terry Grimes Published by FutureU Press a division of The University of the Future LLC Smashwords Edition Copyright 2011 by Claude Whitmyer and Gail Terry Grimes. All rights reserved. License Notes This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you re reading this book and did not purchase it or it was not purchased for your use only then please return to and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author. This ebook is not meant to be a substitute for legal or professional advice. It is the reader s responsibility to verify that the facts and general advice in this ebook apply. - - Table of Contents Chapter 1 Do What You Love and Still Pay the Bills - Do Well By Doing Good and Manage As If People Mattered - Entrepreneurship Can Bring Both Security and Freedom - Why Good - Why Now - Too Good to be True Chapter 2 Small is Beautiful - Characteristics of Small Business - Small Business By the Numbers - What s the Unemployment Rate for Small Businesses - What Does the Immediate Future Hold Resources About the Authors Chapter 1 Do What You Love and Still Pay the Bills It takes a certain turn of mind some unique skills and a big dollop of realism to successfully run a business on your own. For many a business of their own is not primarily a stepping-stone to a bigger enterprise though you could use it for that. People run small micro and one-person businesses because they prefer that form of business. They like the opportunities and freedoms it gives them -- to enjoy more agile and expansive personal lives to express their political and ethical values to play a larger role in their communities and in some cases to pioneer new fields or overcome personal .