Starting Your Own Practice

The Independance Guide for Professional Service Providers

Robert Fragasso

218 pages, parution le 01/12/2005

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Résumé

If you're tired of working for someone else and have contemplated striking out on your own, Starting Your Own Practice: The Independence Guide for Professional Service Providers can turn your dream of owning an independent business into a reality.

Written from the perspective of successful entrepreneur and investment advisor, Robert Fragasso, this book is designed to help professionals who provide skilled personal service-from investment advisors, brokers, consultants, attorneys, and accountants to computer programmers, healthcare professionals, and architects-make the right choices as they pursue their independent business endeavors.

Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, Starting Your Own Practice lays out a complete blueprint to business independence that includes: Deciding whether self-employment is right for you How to leave your current employer Structuring the marketing, management, staffing, and general operation of your business Converting existing clients or customers to your new business as well as gaining new clients and customers The best ways to finance your business Protecting yourself and your business from liability and loss

L'auteur - Robert Fragasso

Robert Fragasso has over three decades of experience in the investment and financial planning fields. He directs the planning, management, analysis, research, and review of all client programs at The Fragasso Group, Inc. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and graduating from Duquesne University, he did post-graduate work in accounting, finance, and economics through Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, and in investments via the New York Institute of Finance. Fragasso has been a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) since 1982 and is a member of the Financial Planning Association. He is also a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst through the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts.

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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Is It Your Time to Move to Independence?
What Does It Mean to Be in Business For Yourself, and Who Does It Well?
Creating Your Business
Staffing and Compensation
Leaving Your Current Employer
Choosing Your Business Space
Equipment and Supplies
Financing
Legal Format and Protecting Your Investment
Ask What Your Government Can Do For You
Converting Existing Clients or Customers to Your New Business
Gaining New Clients and Customersâ The Right Way
Managing Your Business
Your Exit Strategy
Appendix A: Reading List
Appendix B: Newsletter and E-News Examples
Index
About the Author

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Robert Fragasso
Parution	01/12/2005
Nb. de pages	218
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	422g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471733058
ISBN13	978-0-471-73305-8