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The Virtual Entrepreneurship products may be purchased on this site.  You will need a PayPal account to make your purchase here.  Purchases made through this site will be shipped throughout the United States.  International orders should be placed through Amazon.com.  Scroll to the bottom of this page for links to purchase Virtual Entrepreneurship products through Amazon.com.

Faculty members If you would like to receive a free review copy of the academic edition text, please contact Professor Smedley through the Contact page.  Include your name, school name, school email address, and school postal mailing address in the Contact page form.  Once you have been verified, you will receive the textbook and the Financial Templates CD.  Adopters of Virtual Entrepreneurship will also receive an Instructor Resources CD that contains over 100 files including PowerPoint presentations, testbanks, a sample syllabus, teaching tips, and more.  Wholesale discounts are available for academic institutions that purchase ten or more copies of any item.  Purchase orders are accepted for academic institutions and governmental agencies.  Please contact Professor Smedley for more information.

 


The Academic Edition is for people who are using the book as part of a class.
This book is being used at several colleges across the United States by people who are learning to become virtual entrepreneurs including virtual assistants.  The Academic Edition includes assignments at the end of each chapter. Instructors who adopt this version for their classes will receive a CD that contains more than 100 files of course testbanks, PowerPoint presentations, and additional resources in a variety of file formats.


Price: $71.95 USD plus shipping


 


The Standard Edition is for individuals who will be reading the book independently. This edition does not contain chapter assignments. It is printed in a smaller font size (10 versus 12) and it is fewer pages in length, which results in a lower price. 


Price: $47.95 USD plus shipping


 

 


The financial templates CD contains financial worksheets and charts that will help current and future virtual entrepreneurs plan, maintain, and organize the finances for their home-based online businesses. It can be used with or without the Virtual Entrepreneurship book.


The financial template worksheets are useful for those who operate products or services businesses. Generic data has been entered into each worksheet that can be customized for your specific business. The worksheets also contain formulas that will populate certain cells in active and non-active worksheets throughout the entire workbook for up to five year's worth of data. There are six workbook files on the CD that are compatible with Microsoft Excel 97-2003, Excel 2007 or higher, and OpenDocument Spreadsheet formats. The contents of each workbook file are as follows:

  1. Instructions
  2. Start-up Costs worksheet
  3. Expenses worksheet
  4. Expenses chart
  5. Sales worksheet
  6. Income Statement worksheet
  7. Income Statement chart
  8. Cash Plan worksheet
  9. Balance Sheet worksheet
  10. Break-even Analysis worksheet
This is the CD that is included in the Bundle packages. 

Price: $13.95 USD plus shipping

 

 


If you want both the Academic Edition book and the Financial templates CD, you should purchase this bundle rather than buying the two items separately in order to save money. This bundle includes the SECOND edition CD.


Price: $83.95 USD plus shipping


 

 


If you want both the Standard Edition book and the Financial templates CD, you should purchase this bundle rather than buying the two items separately in order to save money.  Remember that the Standard Edition text does not include homework assignments.  This bundle includes the SECOND edition CD.

Price: $59.95 USD plus shipping


 

The books and financial templates CD are also available through Amazon.com. You can go directly to the ordering pages by clicking on the appropriate links below. When purchasing your products on Amazon.com, your purchase will be fulfilled by Professor Smedley if you purchase your products through her company, Academic Computer Services. Be sure to compare prices. It might be cheaper to order from this website.

Academic Edition http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615411789

Standard Edition http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983207100

Financial Templates CD (2nd Edition) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983207143

Academic Edition plus Financial Templates CD bundled together http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983207135

Standard Edition plus Financial Templates CD bundled together http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983207119

Unopened items may be returned within 7 days of the date you received the item(s). All items must be in their original, sealed conditions. Opened items may not be returned. You will be credited for the cost of the item(s) plus all shipping charges minus a 15% restocking fee.