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

The best step-by-step guide to starting a business available! 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 practical tips, The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to launch a business quickly, easily and with confidence. It explains in plain English how to: • choose the best business structure • write an effective business plan • file the right forms in the right place • price, bid and bill your projects • draft and use contracts, online and off • manage your finances • be prepared for, and file, required taxes • reach customers online The Small Business Start-Up Kit also includes all the forms and instructions you need both as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.The 5th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest legal and tax changes. It also includes a new chapter on marketing and promoting a new business, as well as new information on search-engine optimization and on hiring and managing employees.

Peri Pakroo is a consultant and media developer specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits. She owns and runs p-brain media (www.pbrainmedia.com), a strategic consulting and communications firm that develops information-rich media web, print, video and other formats. She is also the author of The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California and Starting and Building a Nonprofit. She lives in New Mexico.