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coupons and
 
fliers
 
gift certificates
 
mailing equipment
 
mailing lists for
 
newsletters
 
overview
 
packages
 
postcards
 
premiums and
 
sales letters
 
direct mail market research
 
direct writers, insurance
 
disability insurance
 
discrimination
 
distribution strategy
 
distributors
 
diversity
 
“doing business as” names
 
domain names
 
due diligence
 
E
 
e-commerce businesses
 
business plans for
 
market research and
 
operating
 
economic indicators
 
education, business
 
education checks, for employment
 
ego gratification, goals and
 
8(a) program
 
Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)
 
e-mail interviews
 
employee orientations
 
employees
 
benefits.
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benefits
 
employee policies.
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workplace policies
 
hiring process.
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hiring process
 
interns
 
leasing
 
outsourcing and
 
part-time employees
 
payroll taxes and
 
record-keeping
 
temporary help
 
transitioning ownership and
 
Employer Identification Number (EIN)
 
employment applications
 
employment related forms
 
empowerment zones
 
endorsements
 
engagement letters
 
engagement tools
 
enterprise zones
 
entertainment expenses
 
entrepreneurship
 
failure in
 
goal setting for
 
motivation for
 
personality traits for
 
preparing for
 
researching
 
responsibilities of
 
strengths/weaknesses and
 
equal employment opportunity
 
equipment
 
budget for
 
for communications.
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communications technology
 
computer peripherals
 
computers
 
for credit card processing
 
for debit card processing
 
ergonomics and
 
financing for
 
leasing
 
new equipment
 
office equipment
 
shopping list for
 
software
 
tax deductions for
 
technological equipment.
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technology
 
used equipment
 
equity, owner’s
 
equity financing
 
ergonomics
 
exempt employees
 
existing businesses, buying.
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buying businesses
 
expenses, deductible
 
Export Working Capital Program
 
exporting
 
F
 
Facebook
 
factoring
 
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
 
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
 
fan pages
 
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes
 
Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) taxes
 
fictitious business names
 
financial advisors.
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accountants
 
financial budgeting.
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budgeting
 
financial management.
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also
accounting
 
break-even analysis
 
budgeting and.
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budgeting
 
overview
 
profit margin and markup
 
ratio analysis and
 
working capital analysis
 
financial planning
 
financial statements
 
balance sheets
 
cash-flow statements
 
income statements
 
overview
 
year-end statements
 
financing
 
budgeting and
 
business plans and
 
debt financing.
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debt financing
 
equity financing.
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equity financing
 
from friends and family
 
government funding.
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government funding
 
grants
 
loan agreements
 
self-employment loan programs
 
self-financing
 
startup costs and
 
taxes and
 
for women business owners
 
firewalls
 
first in, first out (FIFO)
 
fiscal tax year
 
504 Loans
 
fixed assets
 
fixed costs
 
flat leases
 
focus groups
 
Form 941,
Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return
 
forms, employment related
 
Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
 
franchising
 
benefits of
 
buying a franchise
 
choosing
 
choosing a franchise
 
defined
 
evaluating franchises
 
financing for
 
overview
 
fraud protection
 
funding.
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financing
 
furniture
 
G
 
general ledger
 
general liability insurance
 
general partnerships
 
generational marketing
 
goals
 
government funding
 
grants
 
loans
 
SBA and
 
grand openings
 
grants
 
gross profit
 
gross profit margin
 
gross revenues
 
guarantee and surety agreements
 
guaranteed loans
 
H
 
health insurance
 
heavy industrial areas
 
high-level networkers (HLN)
 
hiring process
 
finding good salespeople
 
hiring family members
 
I-9 Form,
Employment Eligibility Verification
 
interviewing candidates
 
job analysis and
 
job descriptions and
 
orientations
 
overview
 
prescreening candidates
 
recruitment sources
 
reference checking
 
writing job ads
 
hold harmless and indemnify clause
 
home offices
 
hourly employees
 
I
 
I-9 Form,
Employment Eligibility Verification
 
identity theft
 
image.
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branding
 
business cards and
 
logos and
 
office exterior and
 
office/store design and
 
signs and
 
stationery and
 
import sources
 
imprinters, credit card
 
IMs
 
income, goals and
 
income statements
 
incorporating
 
incubators
 
independent contractors
 
independent sales organizations (ISO)
 
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA)
 
industrial space
 
industry trade associations
 
information brokers
 
installment loans
 
instant messages
 
insurance
 
agents
 
brokers
 
claim filing tips
 
costs
 
internet sources for
 
overview
 
planning worksheet
 
types of
 
interim loans
 
International Trade (IT) Loan Program
 
internet
 
cost of

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