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Take your passion for event planning to the next level with in-the-trenches advice and tools you need to start, run, and grow a successful business. From writing a solid contract to finding reliable vendors, our experts help you identify your niche, teach you how to scout potential clients, evaluate the competition, market your business, and more. Discover how to: Identify a niche and establish yourself within the industry; Build a loyal customer base for large and small events; Implement targeted strategies for planning commercial, political, civic, social events, and more; Promote your business, events, and yourself with Pinterest, Instagram, and other social and online marketing tools; Develop proposals, vendor agreements, contracts, and manage day-to-day operations and costs; Keep within budget using money-saving tips and industry-tested ideas Everything you need to make your event planning business a successful reality is right here-get the party started today!

Everything You Need to Start and Run a Successful Cannabis Business From retailers to growers, producers, and suppliers, there's a seemingly never-ending list of startup opportunities in this emerging market. In Start Your Own Cannabis Business, cannabis, biotech, and entrepreneurship reporter Javier Hasse introduces forward-thinking entrepreneurs like you to the industry and shares hard-earned tips and success stories from pioneers and visionaries in the marijuana industry. Take a closer look at the world of weed and what it holds for you and your future as a cannabis entrepreneur. You'll learn how to: put together a solid business plan with tips from cannabis lawyers; estimate startup costs with the help of cannabis-experienced CPAs; assemble a team of employees with insight from legal cannabis recruiting and dispensary training agencies; protect your assets in case something goes wrong with your business; familiarize yourself with the tax and legal regulations of the industry; understand what's legal and what's not in the US in cannabis; and grow your cannabis business into a multistate company.