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.
See
benefits
employee policies.
See
workplace policies
hiring process.
See
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.
See
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.
See
technology
used equipment
equity, owner’s
equity financing
ergonomics
exempt employees
existing businesses, buying.
See
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.
See
accountants
financial budgeting.
See
budgeting
financial management.
See
also
accounting
break-even analysis
budgeting and.
See
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.
See
debt financing
equity financing.
See
equity financing
from friends and family
government funding.
See
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.
See
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.
See also
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