The Entrepreneur's Guide to Market Research (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313396052)

Planning your new business starts here. This invaluable guide arms entrepreneurs with all they need to know to research and analyze potential markets--key steps in constructing effective marketing plans, establishing sound financial forecasts, and finding backers.

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Market Research is a must-have for anyone who wants to start or expand a business. This fact-filled, actionable book offers a step-by-step guide to researching and documenting the market potential of any product or service, something that is an essential--and too-often overlooked--part of constructing a workable business plan.

Author Anne M. Wenzel, herself a principal in a market research firm, takes entrepreneurs through the process of assessing such things as market size and growth, market trends and needs, emerging technologies, competition, and distribution patterns. She discusses types of market research and makes it clear what market research can and can't do to improve the chances of success. Finally, the book shows entrepreneurs how to document findings as part of a well-written business plan that will be invaluable for their own decision-making and can also be shared with potential partners, lenders, and investors.

Author: Anne M. Wenzel
ISBN-10: 0313396051
ISBN-13: 9780313396052
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2012
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2012
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 75