{"id":332,"date":"2011-05-02T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=332"},"modified":"2015-08-17T11:41:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T16:41:39","slug":"start-it-up-by-kenrya-rankin-nonfiction-your-small-business-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=332","title":{"rendered":"Start It Up, by Kenrya Rankin (book review) – your small-business guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>If you’re thinking about starting a business, I suggest you check out this book – Rankin has great checklists, quizzes, and advice, all in a well-crafted package.<\/p>\n

New best friend for up-and-coming entrepreneurs, ask for it at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

Book Info<\/strong>: Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions Into Pay \/ Kenrya Rankin. Zest Books, 2011. http:\/\/www.zestbooks.net\/ <\/a> Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My Book Talk<\/strong>: Your hobby or favorite activity could be a great way to make money, so use this business guide for teens to get started! Successful entrepreneurs (people who start their own business and work for themselves) work hard, communicate well, can multitask, are organized, and manage their time and money carefully \u2013 if you don\u2019t have all these skills, you can learn them as you create your business.<\/p>\n

Well-organized, with many checklists and questions to ask yourself, Start It Up helps you write a business plan, scope out your prospects, build a realistic budget, and keep track of all the paperwork entailed in owning your company. Quotes and notes from teen entrepreneurs who\u2019ve succeeded in their chosen line of work are encouraging, yet realistic.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll learn about hiring and managing employees, publicizing your business, providing great customer service, and using your business to make the world a better place. Lots of resources for each chapter point you to sources of further information.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s gathering a board of advisors, raising start-up money, registering your business name, or filing your self-employment taxes (yes, you have to pay taxes even if you\u2019re not an adult), you\u2019ll find information and remember-this guides to help you avoid common new-business pitfalls as you follow your passions to a well-deserved payday.\u00a0 (one of 5,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re thinking about starting a business, I suggest you check out this book – Rankin has great checklists, quizzes, and advice, all in a well-crafted package. New best friend for up-and-coming entrepreneurs, ask for it at your local library or independent bookstore. **kmm Book Info: Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[48,109,132,3,8],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction","tag-business","tag-entrepreneur","tag-personal-finance","tag-teens","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6506,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/6506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}