Small Business Start-Up Kit (Small Business Start Up Kit) - Softcover

Peri Pakroo; Barbara Kate Repa

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9781413300406: Small Business Start-Up Kit (Small Business Start Up Kit)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413300405 ISBN 13: 9781413300406

Publisher: Nolo, 2004

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Many people dream of running a business of their own -- but often don't know how to start. Sound familiar? This book can help.

User-friendly and loaded with tips, The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to 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, and 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 bookkeeping and accounting habits

The Small Business Start-Up Kit also includes all the forms and instructions you need both as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

The 3rd edition is thoroughly updated with the latest legal and tax law changes. It also provides new information on partnerships, running a home business, using a buy-sell agreement and protecting ideas and trade secrets.

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About the Author:

Peri Pakroo is a media developer and consultant, specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits. She owns and runs p-brain media, a media and communications firm that develops informational content for print, Web, video and other media. She received her law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1995, and a year later began editing and writing for Nolo, focusing on small business and intellectual property issues. She has edited such titles as Nolo's Starting & Running a Successful Newsletter or Magazine; Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off; Music Law; and How to Write a Business Plan. Besides working with legal and business issues, Peri has also headed the editorial departments of two arts and entertainment weeklies and a monthly food and lifestyle magazine. She lives with Juno, Kitty B and Turtle in New Mexico.

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Answers important questions, including whether to incorporate and how to price merchandise. -- Real Simple magazine

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