Streetwise Finance and Accounting: How to Keep Your Books and Manage Your Finances Without an MBA, a CPA, or a Ph.D.

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Summary: useful information
Review: December 27, 1999

STREETWISE Review

Not a technical book for the "numbers" person, but rather a practical guide to accounting and finance, which smoothed the way and made an enjoyable read of what I expected to be a tough assignment. See - although I've always been comfortable with numbers, they bore me!

No monotonous - tedious - drudgery - no Sir! Caplan's book nicely manages to ease the task and lighten the load. I had fully expected to become bogged down in a tedious chore - what a delightful read! Light, fast paced retelling of fame, fate, foibles and perhaps (infamy) - This is one book you simply have to read!

Skip Bernstein President Traverston Consultants Unlimited 514 Main Street Suite Four - Bradley Beach, NJ 07720 732-502-9175 Fax [phone]

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Summary: very very disappointing
Review: don't buy this book, no substance only good for sales

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Summary: Big picture is great!
Review: I felt "streetwise" after reading this book. I think I learned a lot about what financial statements mean, but this book is POORLY copyedited. Mistakes abound.

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Summary: Finally someone who understands
Review: I have been in business for the past ten years and have never truly understood or cared about keeping good records. The book breaks down accounting into real life experiences, finally something that I can understand.
It's a must read for all small business people and would recommend it to anyone considering going into business for themselves

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Summary: Finally someone who understands
Review: If you are looking for a resource to help you understand the nuts and bolts of small business accounting, this is an excellent start. The book covers the important issues that business owners need to be aware of without adding a lot of fluff.

**** Recommended for all small business owners looking to understand their finances ****

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Summary: recommended for business owners
Review: If you are looking for a resource to help you understand the nuts and bolts of small business accounting, this is an excellent start. The book covers the important issues that business owners need to be aware of without adding a lot of fluff.

**** Recommended for all small business owners looking to understand their finances ****

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Summary: Caplan Makes the Dry & Murky Juicy & Clear!
Review: Ms. Caplan makes a dry and murky subject meaningful and crystal clear. Her syntax is terse. She gets right to the point of demistifying accounting concepts and terms. Finance and Accounting empowers the small business owner to know enough about the financial side to recognize where the business is and where it can go.

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Summary: Essential, "must" reading for all small business owners.
Review: Suzanne Caplan's Streetwise Finance & Accounting tells how to set budget and locate and manage cash, and provides all the basics necessary for the small business to get its start. An outstanding primer on financial management for the uninitiated.

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Summary: general accounting and finance book
Review: This book is more dictionary, than actual hands on. Also this book is geared to the small business owner (schedule C) or possbile S corp. I was looking for more corporate accounting (C Corp). What you learn is all the most popular accounts to set up. If you already have some basic and immed. knowledge, then this book is more a refresher to you. More likely, I would have my future employees read through it. This way they can understand the basics. Overall, not a bad book, though not for me.