Between 40 and 70 percent of start-up businesses fail in their first four years, mostly because of money problems. Even growth can kill you! Unlike many other business finance books, this one shows you how to recognise if you need outside help - getting funding, planning cash flow, growing a business, controlling costs, avoiding pitfalls, running day-to-day finances, using accountants and software tools and more. But it, also, sets you up to successfully do the things you can do yourself. Each of the books in the Crash Course for Entrepreneurs series offers a high-level overview of the critical things you need to know and do if you want to survive and thrive in our super-competitive world. Of course, there's much more to learn about each topic, but what you'll read here will give you the framework for learning the rest.

Author Biography

About the authors: Collectively, these three young Florida-based serial entrepreneurs have successfully started 17 new companies across a broad range of sectors and frameworks, including finance, international sourcing, medical products, innovative dot-com initiatives, and traditional brick-and-mortar companies. Their Internet-based interactive business resource, Expert Business Advice.com, provides an extensive range of tools for entrepreneurs, both aspiring and experienced. Planning templates, articles with fresh new insights, one-on-one advice, references, and syndicated news are just some of the offerings.