Micro and Cottage Businesses: What You Need to Know and How to Get Started has been written to give you a starting point for beginning your own business. It covers ideas for micro businesses, helpful hints and tips to help you avoid some of the pitfalls in which the author has found himself. This really is a "get your creativity flowing and get you started" book. No one can give you step by step instructions because every person and every business is different, but if you will take the information in this book and apply it, you will have a better chance at success.