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| How Small Business Trades Worldwide: Your Guide to Starting or Expanding a Small Business International Trade Company Now | 
 enlarge | Author: John Spiers
Publisher: Seattle Teachers College Press
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (30 reviews)
Sales Rank: 99096
Language: English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Pages: 382
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0979551501
EAN: 9780979551505
ASIN: 0979551501
Publication Date: November 21, 2001
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Product Description
At some point in most careers one considers the idea of starting a business. Some people want to pursue a dream, some figure they can beat the boss at his or her own game, and for some people unemployment forces the issue. US Customs tells us most international traders are small businesses, and world trade continues to grow rapidly. Given the improvements in transportation and communication worldwide, inevitably now small business in USA has some international component...some more than others. Surely there is no safer investment for your time and money than self-employment. Surprisingly, for many who start their own businesses, making money is not always the prime motivator. Nonetheless, recent studies provide some remarkable information about self-employment: 80% of the millionaires in USA became so in their own career - 2/3rds are self-employed; the self-employed are four times more likely to be millionaires than others. It seems the most common career move in becoming rich is to become self-employed. This book now shows you how to build a business and takes you through the steps so you will know you can do it, and is structured so you may take positive steps after each chapter toward building your business. Surely you will finish the book before your business gets started, but by the time you finish the book, not only should you feel "ready to go", but actually be on your way. World trade is different from the domestic variety, and small is different from large business. Small Business International Trade has some specific challenges which this book illumines and solves. Starting a business is necessarily disruptive... but to what extent? Like the tennis pro who shows you how to get great improvement out of small changes, book assumes you can stand minimal disruption and risk. For those who desire to engage directly in world trade, and for those who are hired to do so, this book explains how small business trades worldwide.
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A must read!! June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book takes a very realistic approach from someone who has lived the ins and outs of importing. The book is easy to read, offers orignal perspectives, and is a must read for anyone who is considering a distribution business!
Amazing! January 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If your business is import or export this is a MUST HAVE. If you run a small business it also can be helpful.
Not just the mechanics of importing, but the business drivers January 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book should be essential reading for anyone thinking of starting an import company. That's because it doesn't just discuss the mechanics- the import brokers and customs requirements etc., - but how to make sure that the business can be successful and profitable.
 Sure, but it does not help... December 16, 2007
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'm still a half-wit. I mean it provided plenty of big words and concepts that I never heard of before. I was expecting a book that you opened up and was just money. Do they have that book? I would so buy that. Well, I mean unless it cost more to buy the book than was printed inside of it.
Any way, it was kinda interesting.
Bring your innovative product to market December 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The better books dealing with startup/product introduction outline the various possibilities and options--they leave you with many questions. John Spiers tells you exactly what to do and what not to do. Very rare. Very valuable.
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