The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide - Softcover

Pakroo J.D., Peri H.

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9781413317220: The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide

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ISBN 10: 1413317227 ISBN 13: 9781413317220

Publisher: NOLO, 2012

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Find out how to start and run a successful business, with specific emphasis on your concerns as a woman entrepreneur

Approximately ten million U.S businesses are currently women-owned, and the number is growing at twice the national average for all businesses. As one of the millions of aspiring female small business owners, you know that there are specific issues and questions that need to be addressed when you're setting up shop. The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, written by the author of the bestselling The Small Business Start-Up Kit, gives you the practical and legal information you need to kickstart a successful enterprise, including:

borrowing money and managing finances

drafting an effective business plan

how to become certified as a woman-owned business

understanding and choosing a legal structure

accessing resources available to women entrepreneurs through Women's Business Centers and microlenders

taking your business online and developing an eBusiness

handling small business tax issues

balancing work life with family life

marketing, hiring employees and much more

The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit retains its focus on women's business-related issues without devolving into stereotypes and never loses sight of the legal rules and fundamentals of starting and running your business.

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About the Author:

Peri Pakroo is a business and communications consultant, specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits. She has started, participated in, and consulted with start-up businesses for 20 years. She owns and runs P-Brain Media (www.pbrainmedia.com), a strategic consulting and communications firm that develops information-rich media for web, print, video and other formats. 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 and Building a Nonprofit ( all from Nolo), and has been featured in numerous national publications including Entrepreneur, Real Simple, Investors Business Daily, and BusinessWeek. She is active in supporting local, independent businesses and is a co-founder of the Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance. Visit Peri's blog at www.peripakroo.com.

Review:

"Clearly details all the nuts and bolts of starting a business so often lacking in how-to books. A must-read before you launch.” Lindsey Johnson, former National Director, SBA Office of Women's Business Ownership

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