The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California by Peri Pakroo, Catherine Caputo (Editor)

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Synopsis

If you dream of starting a business, but fear that, without an MBA, you'll get lost in the maze of government red tape here's the handbook you need.

The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California outlines how to set up your enterprise in the Golden State quickly and easily, pointing out the hurdles, fees and forms along the way. Clear and straight to the point, the book explains 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
• and much more

The 7th edition is completely updated, and includes new chapters on e-business and doing business from home. It also covers the latest California-specific business information, including sales tax rates by county, registration forms and fees. Updated forms and business-planning spreadsheets are included on CD-ROM.

Biography

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 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 is the author of The Small Business Start-Up Kit (national and California editions) and Starting and Building a Nonprofit and has edited such titles as 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. Peri is active in supporting local independent businesses and is a co-founder of the Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance. She lives in New Mexico.