How to Start a Bakery Business: The Complete Guide to Opening and Operating a Successful Bakery Paperback – October 22, 2014

In this book, Jonathan Schafer, gives a simple but insightful guide to opening a bakery in the United States of America. Many of the concepts he covers are also applicable to bakeries in other countries and even to other, quite different types of business, and although I have run (with my wife who used to work in the Dau Super Bake Shop in Mabalacat in the Philippines, close to the Clark Air Base before it was destroyed) a successful aquarium and animal feed shop since 1990, I still learned things from Jonathon's book.This is definitely not a get rich quick book, and if anyone is thinking of starting a bakery or other small business they should remember that, as Jonathan says in the introduction, a good number of bakeries fail in the first year. This book is an excellent place to start your research before you decide to take the risk of starting a business

Length: 34 pages.While the title is misleading, a price of just 99 cents should quite sufficiently state that this is not a "complete guide to starting a bakery business. That combination of facts, though, does not warrant a one or two star review.In these 34 pages the author has demonstrated a solid thought process for any aspiring entrepreneur to get an inkling of the business that is, in my experience, one of the very few pursuits that can be successfully started on a shoestring budget and a great deal of blood, sweat and tears, and actual make a living with beginning in year one.I hasten to add, the less money you have, the more hard work and determination you will need, to be certain. But you can earn enough to survive that all important first and second year. At least I did. Years three, four and five each were reasonably profitable and my hours reduced to an average of 70 per week in year five.While this introduction is well written and well edited, it is, alas, far too short to ever be considered more than a first level introduction to the craft.I doubt a complete book would be possible at less than several hundred pages. But, for less than a dollar, this is superior to several others be priced at three to five bucks.I sincerely hope the author will pen a series of books on this issue. Each booklet could be voted to detailing the outline provided by each chapter of this intro. That would total five or six booklets. Then add books for the several different enterprises suitable for a bakery (donuts, pastries, espresso, breakfast meals, etc.) and now you have a good beginning that should be marketable AND useful.Well, I'm sure somebody will see my point and fill the need. Until then, How to Start a Bakery Business is a good inspiration for anyone contemplating immersion into the craft and a great, if back-breaking, way of life.I rate this at a solid four stars.

Good book

This book was a good outline for the basics but lacked the more in depth details I was personally looking for.

It makes you think if this kind of business is right for you being your own boss yes this book is worth it.It give you a peace of mind makes you want your freedom of being ruled by someone else when you can be your own boss.

Literally no practical information… just “you’ll need to look into this, that or the other” Worst $10 I ever spent… so many blank pages and spaces between paragraphs. Completely worthless. It’s definitely self published.

This is a good book, well-written and with a set of good advice for every aspiring entrepreneur. I think that it is too short to be a complete guide, but it can serve as a good introduction that will give you lots of helpful information. The author provides a good insight into industry and it is clear that he knows what he is talking about. It is a shame that it is not more detailed, but still, it is worth checking out.

My Neighbour is going to open a bakery in the local area and he doesn't have a clue on what to do so I decided to buy a few kindle books ont he topic and this one seems to have the most info. I passed the book along to him and my friend says this book helped him identify things he hadn't even thought about doing.