Capitolism

Colleen DeBaise has written a helpful book, The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook, for aspiring and newly-minted small business owners, although I would not call it ‘complete.’ No guide of 250 pages can possibly cover all aspects of small business ownership in a comprehensive manner. Indeed, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) and National Federation of Independent Business’s (NFIB), while offering tremendous resources, do not address all aspects of starting, managing and growing a small business. While Ms. DeBaise’s book has holes, she does a nice job of covering most of the key topics, at least in a basic way. Read the rest of this entry »