Starting your own practice : the independence guide for investment advisors, attorneys, CPAs and other professional service providers /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fragasso, Robert, 1945- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2021]
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. One Is it Your Time to Move to Independence?
  • Financial Benefits
  • Risk
  • Entrepreneur's Test
  • ch. Two What Does it Mean to Be in Business for Yourself and Who Does it Well?
  • Time
  • People Make the Difference
  • ch. Three Creating Your Business
  • Choosing Your Market Niche
  • Structuring Your Business to Serve Your Market Niche
  • Your Unique Value Proposition
  • Creating Your Organizational Model
  • Corporation with Departmental Special Ops Teams
  • Should You Build Resources Internally or Acquire Strategic Partners?
  • Licensing Solution
  • ch. Four Staffing and Compensation
  • Your Fringe Benefit Package as a Recruitment, Retention, and Productivity Tool
  • Fringe Benefits Summary
  • Managing Workforce Growth
  • ch. Five Leaving Your Current Employer
  • Protecting Your Confidentiality
  • ch. Six Choosing Your Business Space
  • Interior Design
  • Office Location and Image
  • Finding the Right Building
  • Negotiating for Space
  • ch. Seven Equipment and Supplies
  • Financing
  • Legal Format and Protecting Your Investment
  • Protecting Your Business Investment
  • Ask What Your Government Can Do for You
  • ch. Eight Converting Existing Clients or Customers to Your New Business
  • ch. Nine Gaining New Clients and Customers---The Right Way
  • Sales Continuum
  • Advertising
  • Public Relations
  • Create Your Own PR through Newsletters and E-Newsletters
  • Direct Mail and Digital
  • Direct Mail and Email Tied to Demonstration or Consultation
  • Direct Mail or Email Offering Information upon Response
  • Networking
  • How to Network?
  • Educational Seminars
  • Teaching the Seminars
  • Referrals
  • ch. Ten Managing Your Business
  • Getting Started
  • Manage Your Business or It Will Manage You
  • Time Management
  • Activities Management
  • Putting Your Goals into Action
  • Personal
  • It Is as Easy as A-B-C
  • Techniques of Activities Management
  • People Management
  • Talk, Talk, Talk, and Talk
  • Creating Your Organization's Employee Structure
  • Clerical/Secretarial Support
  • Revenues
  • Expense = Profits
  • CEO
  • Evaluate Results but Manage Activities
  • Corrective Action with Employees
  • Creating and Implementing Your Business's Strategic Plan
  • Appreciate and Validate
  • Which Clients or Customers Do You Want?
  • Managing Your Clients and Customers
  • Treating Clients as People
  • Managing During Tough Times
  • ch. Eleven Your Exit Strategy
  • Who Will Buy or Receive Your Business?
  • Possible Exit Purchase Scenarios
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • External Sale to a Large Entity
  • External Smaller Entity
  • Price
  • How to Receive Payment for Your Business
  • Special Considerations in Selling to Family Members
  • Retirement Planning
  • End of the Rainbow.