Preface

For small business owners who are already running a business (as well as for those desiring to start a small business), this book strives to serve as an executive guide that will concisely fill in some of the critical gaps in your managerial knowledge and skills. As we will discuss later in the background section, years of expert consultation with small business owners led to the determination of the topics covered within these pages.

Background

Under a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the authors conducted an intensive weeklong pilot program for 30 small business owners. The program content consisted of all of the topics presented in this book, along with several others. However, program participants expressed ...

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