All your business needs!

With plenty of tips, examples, case studies and checklists, The Australian Business Toolkit will help you take the guesswork out of business with easy-to-understand explanations about small business issues.

Whether you've got a dream to start your own business, or have already started one, the key to business these days is survival. Business survival is more than getting through the tough times - it's about planning for success; knowing how to manage your business so that it "hums" along.

Over 450 pages of Australian content, split into 15 easy-to-read chapters, the book covers:

• business checklists

  Why this book?

  If you're looking for a business book that: has Australian content and examples has clear, concise language is easy to read has practical checklists, tips and examples ...then this book is for you. Michelle Harris Managing Director, Harris Campbell Pty Ltd

• business planning
• setting up your business
• marketing essentials
• managing your finances & cashflow
• pricing strategies
• ecommerce & technology for your business
• getting customers and keeping them
• managing staff
• managing stock & suppliers
• financing premises and equipment
• taxation and your business
• franchising
• selling your business

Often when a business fails, people wonder "what happened?". Although a business may seem to have more work than it could ever hope for, it is the inability to manage the competing demands of a small business which, more often than not, leads to business failure.

Starting and running a small business is a huge commitment, in terms of sacrifice and dedication. Yes, you might have to go without during the initial start-up phase, and yes, some disasters may come along that you could never have anticipated.

But the simple fact is that if you do your homework and plan before you embark on the small business road, you'll have a much better chance of success.

This is where The Australian Business Toolkit can help. It contains everything you ever wanted to know about starting, running and growing your own business - and more.

Written by well known small business commentator, John Petty, The Australian Business Toolkit is an affordable and essential tool for anyone wanting to start, run and grow their own business.

Read it from start to finish, or simply dip in as and when you need solutions to your day-to-day business demands.