The Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide

by Peri Pakroo

Overview

Your one-stop guide to starting a small business



Want to start a business? Don’t know where to begin? Start here.
The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to set up a small business in your state, quickly and efficiently clearing state and local bureaucratic hurdles along the way.



We’ll show you how to:

• choose between an LLC and other business structures
• write an effective business plan
• pick a winning business name and protect it
• get the proper licenses and permits
• price, bid, and bill your projects
• manage finances and taxes
• hire and manage staff
• get your website up and running, and
• market your business effectively, online and off.
  
  
  

The 10th edition is completely updated, with the latest legal and tax rules affecting small businesses, plus social media and e-commerce trends and platforms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781413319774
Publisher:	NOLO
Publication date:	02/28/2014
Edition description:	Eighth Edition
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Peri Pakroo (www.peripakroo.com) is a business author and coach, specializing in creative and smart strategies for self-employment and small business. She has started, participated in, and consulted with start-up businesses for more than 20 years. She is the founder, publisher, and editor of Pyragraph (www.pyragraph.com), an online career magazine for artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers, writers, and other creative workers worldwide.
Peri received her law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law. 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 & Building a Nonprofit (all from Nolo) and has been featured in numerous national publications including Entrepreneur, Real Simple, Investors Business Daily, and BusinessWeek,.

Table of Contents

Your Small Business Start-Up Companion

1. Choosing a Legal Structure

2. Picking a Winning Business Name

3. Choosing a Business Location

4. Drafting an Effective Business Plan

5. Pricing, Bidding, and Billing Projects

6. Federal, State, and Local Start-Up Requirements

7. Risk Management

8. Paying Your Taxes

9. Laws, Taxes, and Other Issues for Home Businesses

10. Entering Into Contracts and Agreements

11. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Financial Management

12. Small Business Marketing 101

13. E-Business: Selling and Marketing Online

14. Planning for Changes in Ownership

15. Building Your Business and Hiring Workers

16. Getting Professional Help

Appendixes

A. Small Business Resources and State-by-State

B. How to Use the Interactive Forms on the Nolo Website

Index

Editorial Reviews

"Peri Pakroo has created the perfect legal resource for small business owners who want to create a strong, viable and ethical business. It will save you time, energy and legal fees!"
Pamela Slim, author, Escape from Cubicle Nation and Body of Work



"Peri walks you through many of the most intimidating aspects of running a small business with solid, tested strategies for success." Damian Taggart, Chief Business Development Officer, Meow Wolf



"The Small Business Start-Up Kit not only helped me launch my multifaceted business both practically and successfully, it helped me appropriately prepare for that launch (and guided me through those first several months of confusion, uncertainty, and excitement). Peri generously offers her experience and expertise to readers as she clearly addresses everything from choosing the right business name to paying taxes to hiring employees. I could not have opened my art gallery or formalized my freelance services without this book, nor would I dare embark on any other business ventures without it!" Nancy Zastudil, Owner/Director, The Necessarian, LLC (DBA Central Features Contemporary Art)



“Answers important questions, including whether to incorporate and how to price merchandise.” Real Simple Magazine



“Covers a wide range of topics, from selecting a marketable name to small business laws, taxes and contracts.” Miami Herald



“Step-by-step legal guide that covers a wide range of topics...” Kansas City Star



"Very strongly recommended... simply outstanding business instructional guide... " The Bookwatch

From the Publisher

Answers important questions, including whether to incorporate and how to price merchandise.

Real Simple Magazine

Covers a wide range of topics, from selecting a marketable name to small business laws, taxes and contracts.

Miami Herald

Step-by-step legal guide that covers a wide range of topics...

Kansas City Star

Very strongly recommended... simply outstanding business instructional guide...

The Bookwatch

Shows how to set up a business in any state, quickly and easily... A big timesaver.
— Daniel Kehrer

BizBest