The Small Business Start-up Kit: 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 corporation

• 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

• downloadable forms.

The 13th edition is updated with the latest legal and tax rules affecting small businesses, plus social media and e-commerce trends.

Peri Pakroo is a business consultant and coach specializing in strategies for small ventures and solo entrepreneurs. 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.