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Overview

Many people dream of escaping the clutches of corporate America and running a business of their own. While these wouldbe entrepreneurs often have terrific ideas, they don't have a clue about where to start, especially when it comes to complying with state requirements and plowing through the paperwork.This book can help. Userfriendly and loaded with tips, The Small Business Start Up Kit helps aspiring entrepreneurs launch a business quickly, easily and with confidence. The book explains, in plain English, how to:choose from among the basic types of business organizations sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), write an effective business plan, file the right forms in the right place; be prepared for, and file, the required taxes; acquire good book keeping and accounting habits. The Start Up Kit also includes all the forms and instructions readers need.

Editorial Reviews

BizBest
Shows how to set up a business in any state, quickly and easily... A big timesaver.
— Daniel Kehrer
Kansas City Star
Step-by-step legal guide that covers a wide range of topics...
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Miami Herald
Covers a wide range of topics, from selecting a marketable name to small business laws, taxes and contracts.
Real Simple Magazine
Answers important questions, including whether to incorporate and how to price merchandise.
The Bookwatch
Very strongly recommended... simply outstanding business instructional guide...

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781413310993
  • Publisher: NOLO
  • Publication date: 3/5/2010
  • Edition description: Sixth Edition
  • Edition number: 6
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 351,666
  • Product dimensions: 8.46 (w) x 10.82 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Peri Pakroo is a business and communications consultant, specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits. She has started, participated in, and consulted with start-up businesses for 20 years. She owns and runs P-Brain Media (www.pbrainmedia.com), a strategic consulting and communications firm that develops information-rich media for web, print, video and other formats. Peri received her law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1995. She is the author of The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, The Small Business Start-Up Kit (national and California editions) and Starting and Building a Nonprofit ( all from Nolo), and has been featured in numerous national publications including Entrepreneur, Real Simple, Investors Business Daily, and BusinessWeek. Peri teaches adult education courses at WESST (www.wesst.org) in Albuquerque, a nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate entrepreneurship among women and minorities in the state of New Mexico. She is active in supporting local, independent businesses and is a co-founder of the Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance. Visit Peri's blog at www.peripakroo.com.

Table of Contents

1 Working for Yourself Is Easier Than You Think
2 Choosing a Legal Structure
3 Picking Winning Business Names That Won't Land You in Court
4 Choosing a Legal and Lucrative Business Location
5 Drafting an Effective Business Plan
6 Federal, State and Local Start-Up Requirements
7 Insuring Your Business
8 Getting to Know Your Taxes
9 Entering Into Contracts and Agreements
10 Bookkeeping, Accounting and Financial Management
11 Growing Your Business and Hiring Workers
12 Getting Professional Help
Appendixes
A State Contact Information
B How to Use the Forms CD-ROM
C Tear-Out Forms

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