This comprehensive primer for the home-based antiques enthusiast provides valuable tips for starting a business, including insider information on taking consignments, how to tell the real thing from junk, different ways to obtain stock, and how to price, display, and merchandise items. Illustrations. Worksheets; charts.

Learn how to set up and run a successful home-based antiques business, including locating antiques, pricing, marketing, and staying profitable. Worksheets and checklists help entrepreneurs get organized and achieve their goals.

For those who want to be their own boss, change careers, or add excitement, challenge, and a boost to Social Security in the retirement years, starting a home business is the perfect option.This series provides the tools to help launch a successful home business and keep it running in today's competitive environment. Like having a personal business advisor, each title in this series provides insider information from professionals who have done it themselves, including: -- Essential information on start-up costs, self-evaluation, and zoning regulations -- Advice on how to attract first-time customers, maintain a loyal client base, and price services competitively and profitably -- Easy-to-use worksheets and questionnaires to help entrepreneurs focus on success, plus sample business forms -- Listings of contacts, organizations, and phone numbers of people in the trade -- Internet sites as sources of information, marketing and selling, and making contacts

More people than ever are considering starting a home-based business. Part of this interest in home-based businesses is driven by an economic recession, but part of it is also driven by the dream of independence.For many people, being self-employed or operating their own home-based business has always been a dream. Leaving the corporate world behind, eliminating long commutes to work, spending more time at home with family, and a desire for a simpler lifestyle have all been listed as reasons why people decide to trade the supposed security of a corporate job for a home-based business.There are many reasons to start a home-based business. In fact, there are probably about as many reasons as there are small business owners! Starting a small business is hard work, but it is also rewarding work. Working for yourself also provides a measure of security and flexibility not available in any job. How much security and how much flexibility depends on the type of business you operate, as well as your motivation and determination to succeed.Home-Based Businesses That You Can Start Today will help you get started on the exciting journey toward being a small business owner. This book is filled with small business ideas that can be started right from your own home with minimal expense or hassle. Each business idea is neatly organized into its own section so you can skip over any business ideas that do not sound appealing and focus on those that you do find interesting.Home-Based Businesses That You Can Start Today focuses on providing ideas to get you started. This book profiles 65 different business ideas that you can start at home.I trust you will find Home-Based Businesses That You Can Start Today to be a valuable resource as you consider starting your own small business. The list of business ideas that is included in this book is by no means exhaustive or comprehensive, but it does provide a good overview of the many types of home-based businesses that can be operated today.

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based antiques business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive book contains all the necessary tools and success strategies you will need to launch and grow your business. Author Jacquelyn Peake shares her experiences and down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based antiques business, from estimating your start-up costs and finding customers to staying profitable once you are in business. Use her handy worksheets, checklists, and forms to achieve your goals in a realistic way. Whatever your plans, large or small, with this guide at your side you may soon experience the satisfaction of establishing and building your own home-based antiques business. While not searching for and refinishing antiques, Jacquelyn Peake is a writer specializing in how-to books and travel articles. She is the author of Globe Pequot's "How to Recognize and Refinish Antiques for Pleasure and Profit", and lectures throughout the country on antiques, book publishing, and writing.

Millions of people change jobs every year, and most of them need help composing a convincing resume. This updated guide gives new information for tapping into this market, including a new section on demonstrating potential for immediate cash flow, a complete sample business plan, and many new worksheets designed to gather client information.

This invaluable guide offers a definitive game plan for anyone seeking to redefine his or her work status--for finding a new career or even starting a personal business.