Minding Your Own Business: What Every Salon Owner, Booth Renter & Independent Contractor Should Know is a powerful reference tool for all self-employed salon and spa professionals. Beauty is a glamorous multi-billion dollar industry flooded with entrepreneurs, yet many illegal, questionable, and unprofessional business practices prevail in our salons.

This book will teach every independent contractor, booth renter, and salon owner how to establish and operate legitimate, professional, and profitable businesses. Whether you’re starting a new company or restructuring an existing one, this book is for you. Nine chapters and a power-packed Appendix designed to revolutionize the way you handle your affairs.

Topics include: Distinguishing Between Employees, Independent Contractors, Booth Renters, and Salon Owners • Setting Up Your Business • Mastering Management, Marketing, Finances, and Daily Operations • Building Your Dream Team: Attorney, Accountant, Financial Planner, Mentor, Assistant • How to Structure and Operate an Independent Contracting Business • How to Structure and Operate a Booth Rental Business • How to Structure and Operate an Employer-Employee Salon • Understanding Your Tax Liabilities: Federal/State/FICA/ Self-Employment/ Unemployment/ Sales & Use • Affirmations for Salon Professionals[Softcover/ 147pp]

To Rent Or Not To Rent is the second installment of the Minding Your Own Business Library, which was specifically designed to address the void of pertinent business management materials for the professional beauty industry. [Book: 76 pages, includes DVD8min]

For years, booth renting has been shrouded by a dark cloud due to a lack of structure, lack of professionalism, discord in salons, and underreporting of income.  Contrary to popular belief, the problem has not been in the concept of booth renting itself, but in its execution.

This book provides an in depth look at the booth rental business model and dissects its strengths and weaknesses.  It also provides detailed information on employment law and guidelines for owning and operating a booth rental salon, a mini-salon operation, or a salon suites mall.  This analysis will empower investors and salon professionals with the information that they need to determine whether or not this business model is compatible with their goals.