This is a good start if you're at the stage of considering what needs to happen for taking something to a business level. There are many business books out there covering consideration of attorneys, brick vs online, accounting etc. This covers those as well. Touching on website and social media brings more factors. If you have already read starting business books this doesn't offer much new. If you're making gifts for people and thinking about a food business, this can save you time, money and headaches.

Better suggestions specific to food business issues would have been good.

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Eating and exploring new foods has become the most passive of adventures that everyone can and want to participate in. Do you think you know what people want? Are you an amazing chef stuck at a chain restaurant? Or are you a food enthusiast who feels strongly that the idea you have is the next big wave in the food business.

Having all of these skills alone does not make you a good businessman. You still need to adhere to various governmental regulations and be able to manage finances and other resources if you want to bring your idea to fruition.

In Start Your Own Specialty Food Business, Cheryll Kimball and Entrepreneur Media bring you a detailed view of every little thing that you must consider before taking the plunge.

Starting and running a business is a difficult job. Food and other perishable products bring in additional food safety and other similar regulations in the picture that most other businesses do not. But before you get into doing all the formalities, what is important is analyzing if the idea that yo have is viable and if it is the right kind of business for you. Does your personality align with the type of business idea you have? The authors begin with asking these basic questions and give you the Pros and Cons of different business models that you can take up.

You may be the best at what you do, but that doesn’t make you a great business person. You will still needs mentors to guide you. Organizations like SCORE and SBA are a great place to get the business information that you need. The authors share various case studies and examples of Specialty Food Businesses that have succeeded and gives the readers information about how these people started out and how they have carved a niche for themselves in Meet Your Mentors.

Every business had specific needs beyond the basic business registration, financing resources, and other similar tasks. Start Your Own Specialty Food Business takes care of these special needs and requirements associated to food business gives readers the resources to move toward getting their business on ground.

From idea to taking your business live. From fulfilling licensing requirements to Marketing. Start Your Own Specialty Food Business is a basic reference guide for anyone in the food industry who wants to go their own way. The book is a starting point that will give you the basics and point you to the advanced resources that you need to set up and run your specialty food business.