Recommended Web sites (Click on title to take you to website):

 

American Express
American Express’s OPEN Small Business Center.

Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service has valuable information about Employer ID Numbers, Starting a Business, Operating a Business, Employment Taxes, and Small Business Trends and Statistics.

The Small Business Administration
The Small Business Administration's mission is to "maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from national disasters."

US Census
Invaluable information about demographics, markets, etc.

US Chamber of Commerce
US Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Center.

Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal’s site for entrepreneurs.

U.S.Copyright Office
To copyright your written material

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
To patent inventions and products or trademark your names and slogans

YouTube.com
A video community to broadcast yourself. Dr. Duckett has 11 FREE video seminars on this site for public use

Google.com
Premiere internet search engine

Yahoo.com
Another premiere internet search engine

MSN.com
Search engine, internet server, and free email accounts

Amazon.com
A complete resource for most of your shopping needs. Also a complete bookstores carrying many millions of titles, some of which are not available in major bookstores

Dr. Michael J. Duckett's other websites to visit:
www.upgradinglife.com
www.breakingthemoneybarriers.com
www.overcomingfearhome.com
www.drmichaeljduckett.com
www.hyperpublishing.org
www.professionalincomesolutions.com

Recommended Reading:

Books--Click on title for more information or to place order

Good to Great, Jim Collins
Built to Last, Jim Collins
The Hero and the Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes, Margaret Mark and Carol S. Pearson
The Culture Code, Clotaire Rapaille
The Mental Codes Book--Overcoming Thoughts That Keep You Stuck in Life, Dr. Michael J. Duckett
Breaking The Money Barriers, Dr. Michael J. Duckett
Simple Stock Market, Dr. Michael J. Duckett
Customer Culture, Michael D. Basch
High Five! The Magic of Working Together, Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles
How to Master the Art of Selling, Tom Hopkins
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
The Sales Bible: the Ultimate Sales Resource, Jeffrey Gitomer
Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless, Jeffrey Gitomer
Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard, et al
The Leadership Challenge, James M. Kouzes, et al
Thinking for a Change, John C. Maxwell
Failing Forward, John C. Maxwell
Crucial Conversations, Kerry Patterson, et al
Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson
Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki
First, Break All the Rules, Marcus Buckingham
Managing by the Numbers, Chuck Kremer, et al
Direct Mail Copy that Sells!, Herschell Gordon Lewis
The Ultimate Sales Letter, Dan S. Kennedy
Marketing for Business Growth, Theodore Levitt
A New Brand World, Scott Bedbury, et al

Magazines

Fortune Magazine
Fast Company
Inc.
Entrepreneur

Other

Startup Journal
Dilbert

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