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How to start your own business
Websites to visit
Are you an entrepreneur? Try a quiz and find out
Watch a video clip about how to start a lemonade stand
Need money? Figure out start-up costs with an online tool
Click on "continue" in the costs simulator.
How a business plan helped a young entrepreneur sell T-shirts
Print out a business plan
Click on "Download" under Sample business plan for kids.
Visit a virtual bank and test your knowledge
Click on "How to play" before choosing a mode.
More ideas for starting a business
Click on the little arrow at the bottom right.
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About this book
For beginners
Business for beginners
Dive into the world of business with this lively introduction, whether you want to be an entrepreneur or a smarter consumer. With bright, infographic pictures, it describes how to start your own business, manage your money and beat the competition and explains global supply chains and interest rates. Includes links to websites to find out more.
“An infectiously energetic book, with plenty to set the next James Dyson on the right path.”
The Telegraph
Press Reviews
With chapters on starting a business, selling your stuff, keeping track of money, people in business, making a product, growing the business and the bigger picture, youngsters will be inspired to get creative and meditate on their own business ideas.
Pam Norfolk, Lancashire Evening Post
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