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

Your one-stop guide to starting a small business

Want to start a business? Don’t know where to begin? The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to set up a small business in your state and deal with state and local forms, fees, and regulations.

We’ll show you how to:

• choose the right business structure, such as an LLC or partnership
• write an effective business plan
• pick a winning business name and protect it
• get the proper licenses and permits
• manage finances and taxes
• hire and manage staff, and
• market your business effectively, online and off.

The 12th edition is updated with the latest legal and tax rules affecting small businesses, plus social media and e-commerce trends.

Peri Pakroois a business consultant and coach specializing in strategies for small ventures and solopreneurs. She is an active advocate for sustainable economic development and is the founder of Pyragraph, an online resource for career-focused creatives. For more than 20 years Peri has helped small operations develop websites and digital media products through her company P-Brain Media. She produces the Self-Employed Happy Hour podcast as well as other streaming media aimed at entrepreneurial indies. She and her family live in New Mexico, where she plays in a number of bands including her own project, Peri & the FAQs. 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,.