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  1. I currently run several (very) small businesses, with include a nightclub security opperation, a landscaping business, a handyman service, a plowing business, and a model railroad retail operation, in addition to a “regular job”. In the interest of complete honesty, my security business started when a security company I worked for when bankrupt and I picked up many of its former clients and re-hired many of my former co-workers as independent contractors. As such, I can’t take credit for building this business (though I have expanded it), and have set it up to keep my legal and tax liability at an absolute minimum. Similarly, the handyman service, plowing business, and landscaping business are all run out of the same truck and exist as divisions of the LLC I created to run the security operation. Finally, the model railroad retail operation involves the selling of model railroad equipment I’ve been given on consignment and is sold off tables at model railroad shows. So, while I have business experience, it should be clear that it is fairly limited. Recently, one of the model train producers reported that the centrifuge caster he uses to produce his model trains broke down and, since he’s in his 80’s, he has no plans to replace it and resume operations. Since I’m one of his steadier customers, who he knows has experience with spin casting (I worked with one of his competitors before they moved overseas), and has experience in model railroad retail, the owner of this company offered to sell me his tooling so that I might continue selling what was once his products. Are there any books, classes or programs to help someone like myself better understand the complexities (such as taxes, regulations, logistics) of running a manufacturing business?
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