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Retire - And Start Your Own Business: Five Steps to Success |  | Authors: Dennis Sargent CPA MSB, Martha Sargent CPA MBA
Publisher: NOLO
Category: Book
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 249939
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Pap/Cdr
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 1413307655
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.11
EAN: 9781413307658
ASIN: 1413307655
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
The only book that helps entrepreneurial retirees figure out how to get that dream business up and running!
If you plan to retire and start your own business then this one-of-a-kind book is ideal for you.
A comprehensive, step-by-step guide, Retire -- And Start Your Own Business is packed with practical, hands-on tools (including a CD-ROM) to help entrepreneurs like you pick and run a perfect business.
This book is at the leading edge of the new retirement: more retirees need or want to keep working. It shows you how to:
define success for you take stock of your skills and experience work with the time and money you have generate business ideas perform four "reality checks" on your best idea get ready to launch your business understand important legal, financial and tax matters find the best health insurance and more
Plus: Retire--And Start Your Own Business provides dozens of exercises that can help you understand exactly what you want from your businesses and your life. The CD-ROM provides Excel spreadsheets, plus additional worksheets and lessons not included in the book.
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 Three Color Parachute for Retirees November 19, 2009
C. Chu
This book is more on the level of finding and identifying your business based on your interests and abilities, kind of like a career counseling book, but not as much on technical details such as taxes, types of businesses, trademark/copyrights and other issues. So as an introduction it is good, but for someone who already knows what they want to do, they will need more technical content.
 Exploring Numerous Ideas September 19, 2009
P. McCoy (Greenbelt, MD United States)
I borrowed this book from my local library as I am in the process of exploring the possibility of self-employment in a home-based business. Like many others, in this economy, I was forced to retire early when my job was eliminated.
I'm still in the process of reading this book and going through the five steps, jotting down ideas that I had not thought of before when I was reading other books on self-employment, sole proprietorship, and so forth. Yes, it is basic and, at the same time, I find it helpful given my circumstances. I have an idea in mind and I consider this book a tool to help me determine whether or not my idea is feasible or simply a pipe dream. Hopefully, I'll know more by the time I finish reading this book. At that point, I will be returning to give an update. So far, I like what I am reading and will give it five stars as it is helping to explore my ideas.
a resource for your business tool box August 17, 2009
T. Gaston (Austin, Texas, USA)
Concise, direct and sensible directions for starting your business or improving and existing business make this book a great addition to your business tool box. Information is easily understandable and accessible, and includes tips on where to go for more information or direction.
 More Like Make Believe than Real Life December 30, 2008
Shamontiel L. Vaughn (Chicago)
I got some strange looks for checking out this book at 27 years old, but it's never too early to plan ahead, plus I think for people who don't want to be in corporate for the rest of their lives, looking at entrepreneurial jobs are imperative. However, this book wasn't what I was looking for. It was in the form of a workbook where you filled in your own information instead of giving hard and fast facts. While I was looking for estimates on how much time certain types of careers would take to get moving, instead the writers used general terms to ask YOU how much time YOU wanted to work and then life expectancy charts, which don't mean a thing to me because I have an 86-year-old grandfather and a 96-year-old great great aunt, so I take those charts with a grain of salt. Other general terms included "substantial amounts of cash" and "future returns" instead of x + y = z.
I expected the book to be more advanced than an Idiot's Guide or a Dummy's Guide, but those books are far more engaging than this one. And sometimes I wonder are they writing literally for dummies (ex. "In a survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, 67% of business owners said they have at least occasional problems managing cash flow, and 19% reported that cash flow is a continuing problem. You want to be part of the other 81%." WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BE PART OF THE 81%?) I don't get the impression the writers did any substantial research on numbers, and a business is about numbers, so I couldn't really find anything useful in here. When numbers were used, they were sometimes irrelevant, like inflation during the 60s to 90s. I want to read about present day, during the Bush administration and a recession, not about decades before I was born. Regardless of my age, I should've been able to calculate something or the writers could've used their own numbers to give me an idea. I'm hoping all of Nolo's guides aren't like this.
Everything You Need December 27, 2008
Chris (Montana)
This book is really for the person who wants to start a business and doesn't have the time or inclination to do all of the leg work and research. The book lays out clearly what is needed and as someone else wrote in a previous review--it is common sense.
Sometimes good ideas, and good intentions get set by the wayside because things get too complicated to even get started. This book helps the person who wants to start a business get to that starting point. It is laid out in a clear, easy to read fashion.
I would highly recommend it as a starting point for the person who wants to start their own business, whether they are retired or not.
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