Smart Women and Small Business: How to Make the Leap from Corporate Careers to the Right Small Enterprise »

Ginny Wilmerding is a small business consultant and former small business owner. She has held Senior executive and management positions in high-tech start-ups, low-tech small companies, and large corporations. She has negotiated the purchase of small businesses and worked as a professional author of business plans, private equity placement memorandums, and business cases. She is a former research associate at Harvard Business School.

Foreword: Deborah Moore, C.B.I., Sunbelt Business Advisors Network.

Preface.

Chapter One: The Business Mind-Set: Your Key to Success.

Chapter Two: Business Career Planning: A New Way to Work Smart.

Chapter Three: Why Start From Scratch If Someone's done it for You?

Chapter Four: Finding the Right Business for You.

Chapter Five: Franchises and Direct Selling Companies.

Chapter Six: A Piece of the Pie - Working for, Consulting for, or Partnering with Existing Business Owners.

Chapter Seven: The Family Business Advantage (for the Lucky Few).

Chapter Eight: If You're Sure You Want to Start a Business.

Chapter Nine: Smart Financing Strategies for Your Business.

Chapter Ten: You're Not Alone: Why Women consider business Partners.

Chapter Eleven: Don't Get Discouraged, Just Get Started!

Appendix A: Sample Business Plan - revitalizing Shelter Island Gardens.

Appendix B: Start-Up Business Plan Outline.

Appendix C: Top 10 reasons to Contact an Attorney When Starting a Business.

Appendix D: Choosing a Legal Business Entity.

Appendix E: Business Information Sheet.

Appendix F: Sample Business Valuation - Main Street Florist.

Appendix G: Sample Term Sheet for 100 Percent Asset Purchase of an Existing Business.

Appendix H: Multiple Shareholder Legal Questionnaire.

Appendix I: the Partnership Charter Process.

Appendix J: Books Worth Reading.

Notes.

Acknowledgments.

Index.

About the Author.