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Every entrepreneur needs The Small Business Start-Up Kit. Want to start a business? Dont 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. Well 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 hire and manage staff comply with legal and tax issues affecting home businesses price, bid and bill your projects manage finances and taxes get your website up and running market your business effectively, online and off The 8th edition is completely updated, with new material on emerging business structures, such as benefit corporations, and how to raise money online through crowdfunding websites such as Kickstarter.
About the Author
Peri Pakroo (www.peripakroo.com) is a business author, coach and consultant, specializing in creative and smart strategies for self-employment and small business. She has started, participated in, and consulted with start-ups and nonprofits for more than 20 years. She is the founder, publisher and editor of Pyragraph (www.pyragraph.com) , an online career and lifestyle magazine for artists, musicians, filmmakers and other creative workers worldwide.Peri 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, specializing in small business and intellectual property issues. She is the author of the top-selling Nolo titles The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, The Small Business Start-Up Kit (national and California editions) , and Starting and Building a Nonprofit, and has been featured in numerous national and local publications including Entrepreneur, Real Simple, Investor's Business Daily, and BusinessWeek. Through participating in community economic development initiatives, serving on nonprofit boards and sharing resources via publishing models, Peri prioritizes engagement and project-based learning to advance human-centered entrepreneurship.
