How do you actually turn a million-dollar idea into a million dollars? From scribble-on-the-napkin to product-on-the market, The Independent Inventor's Handbook explains everything a potential inventor needs to know and the tools he or she needs to use to take a raw concept and turn it into reality. Written by Louis J. Foreman, creator of the PBS series Everyday Edisons and a holder of multiple patents, together with patent attorney Jill Gilbert Welytok, here's a book that speaks directly to the inventive American—the entrepreneur, the tinkerer, the dreamer, the basement scientist, the stay-at-home mom who figures out how to do it better. (over one million of them file patents each year.) Here is everything a future inventor needs: Understanding the difference between a good idea and a marketable idea. Why investing too much money at the outset can sink you. The downside of design patents, and how best to file an application for a utility patent. Surveys, online test runs, and other strategies for market research on a tight budget. Plus the effective pitch (hint: never say your target audience is "everyone"), questions to ask a prospective manufacturer, 14 licensing land mines to avoid, "looks-like" versus "works-like" prototypes, Ten Things Not to Tell a Venture Capitalist, and how to protect your invention once it's on the market. Appendices include a glossary of legal, manufacturing, and marketing terms, a sample nondisclosure agreement, and a patent application, deconstructed.
Whether you’re a CEO or a file clerk, it’s important to understand Sarbanes-Oxley, the post-Enron legislation aimed at keeping corporations honest and ethical. However, with over eighty pages of dense, wordy language in the statute and thousands of pages of related congressional hearings, getting a firm grip of SOX can fluster even the most well-informed businessperson. Sarbanes-Oxley For Dummies is the no-nonsense, plain-English guide to this new law that leads you through its rules and pronouncements, giving you a sense of how to anticipate future trends and traps in this area of the law. With this trusty book, you’ll get a handle on the important aspects of the legislation, how it affects you and your company, and how companies can comply more cost-effectively. It provides you with the knowledge to: Understand why SOX was created Determine what aspects of SOX apply to your company Develop meaningful standards for your company Institute cost-effective compliance with SOX Manage and streamline Section 404 compliance Find specific SEC laws and pronouncements Interpret media accounts, court cases, and economic projections Avoid lawsuits and regulatory actions Anticipate future SEC rules and PCAOB pronouncements This book also shows you how to build an effective audit committee and makes suggestions on sensible precautions that every manager should take in order to avoid legal troubles. Complete with the entire Sarbanes-Oxley act and sample documents, Sarbanes-Oxley For Dummies helps you discover how to follow the law and protect your business.
Teaches both the accounting concepts and software techniques needed to effectively handle financial and accounting needs for any small business Provides thorough coverage of establishing a business, handling payroll, printing checks, running financial reports, dealing with the IRS, and customizing sales reports Explores tax penalties, data management and security, sales recording, inventory, time tracking, expense reporting, and business performance analysis QuickBooks has an estimated installed base of more than four million users, and is the bestselling business financial software on the market
Another volume in the popular, solutions-packed HTDE series. You'll learn to get the most out of your scanner, and do cool things like scan photos, negatives, and documents. What's more, you can then add your scanned images to Web pages, e-mails, and greeting cards. Also includes details on color correction, photo editing, and scanner repair tips.
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about accounting. This plain-English, comprehensive guide helps you speak your accountant's language with ease, minimizing confusion as you maximize profits.
Quicken is one of the most popular home accounting software packages around. Learn how to use Quicken to get an accurate picture of what your financial position is and keep your balance in the black!
Today, virtually all companies, artists, and innovators run the risk of losing their competititve edge-and big money-by not adequately safeguarding their intellectual property. Written by an expert in intellectual property law, this is the first book to address the full range of legal protections available-patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing-with innovative information you won't find elsewhere, including: € Legal landmines every successful entrepreneur must avoid € Business practices that can be protected-but are often overlooked € Protecting your intellectual property on the Internet € What are your ideas and the rights to them really worth? € Why trade secrets are a powerful and under-utilized protection € Lessons learned from Amazon.com, Microsoft, and other elite entrepreneurs € How even smart, savvy AOL lost exclusive trademarks, including "YOU'VE GOT MAIL!" The Entrepreneur's Guide to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Licensing is the definitive guide for the entrepreneur and innovator who is ready to protect what he or she has created-a
Using this award-winning, entry-level MGI PhotoSuite 4 image editor just got easier with this handy guide. Home users will discover how to enhance images from a digital camera, scanner, or online photo service, as well as how to take advantage of the nearly 1500 templates and photo props included in PhotoSuite. Editing images to create comic books, albums, Web pages, and more is a snap with this helpful book.
From payroll management to tax filings, QuickBooks 99 Bible shows you how to master QuickBooks -- and make business bookkeeping a breeze. But this unique guide also takes you well beyond the ins and outs of the program. Tax attorney Jill Gilbert gives you expert legal and accounting tips to help you avoid tax audits, streamline operations, and realize your full business potential with this amazing software. Book jacket.
From first steps to advanced levels, "QuickBooks X Bible" is an exhaustive and comprehensive guide that the reader will reference again and again. This authoritative book on Intuit's QuickBooks business accounting program provides everything a business owner, manager, or employee needs to learn about how to use QuickBooks.
Get a better handle on profits, losses, and expenses in your business by setting up and maintaining your books properly in the first place. The help you need is in this comprehensive guide to the latest release of QuickBooks 2006 accounting software. Whether you do your own books or just want to stay organized for a smooth hand-off to a CPA, this informative book has the expert coverage you need. Set up a QuickBook Chart of Accounts, record sales, analyze profitability-it's all here and more in a friendly format for novices and accounting professionals alike. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of QuickBooks 2006 * Establish a QuickBooks business * Choose the correct legal entity and avoid tax penalties * Master generally accepted accounting practices * Customize for your business type with Chart of Accounts * Analyze your company's profitability and financial strength * Use timesavers such as Quick Add, Quick Recall, and Quick Math * Take inventory and write purchase orders * Build budgets, handle payroll, and print checks * Tailor your sales reports in several different formats * Stay in compliance with the bonus appendix on Sarbanes-Oxley
Here are all the most famous and most enjoyable bedtime stories under one cover. Included among those stories are Aladin and His Lamp, Sinbad the Sailor, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. These stories will keep you awake, wondering what happens next. 365 Bedtime Stories in all.
Through easy-to-understand text, Gilbert shows readers how to best utilize the nation's #1 selling tax software, covering all versions of TurboTax: 1040, Deluxe, State, and Home & Business.
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