Small Business Start-Up Kit for California, The - Softcover

Pakroo J.D., Peri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413319793 ISBN 13: 9781413319798

Publisher: NOLO, 2014

Synopsis

The legal know-how and forms every California entrepreneur needs.

Want to start your own California business? Don’t know where to begin? Start here.

The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California shows you how to set up a small business in the Golden State quickly and easily. It clearly explains the fees, forms and bureaucratic technicalities you’ll encounter and shows you how to efficiently get your business up and running. Find out how to:

choose the best business structure

pick a winning business name and protect it

write an effective business plan

get needed licenses and permits

price, bid and bill your projects

manage finances and taxes

start a website for your business

comply with legal and tax issues affecting home businesses

The 10th edition includes dozens of the latest California-specific legal forms and business resources. It is completely updated, including new material on emerging business structures for socially conscious, mission-driven businesses. It also covers new ways to raise money online through crowd funding websites.

About this title

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 in 1995. 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. Peri teaches adult education courses at WESST (www.wesst.org) in Albuquerque, a nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate entrepreneurship among women and minorities in the state of New Mexico. 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:

"Provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a small business in California and guiding it safely through its first year and beyond." Reference & Research Book News “Excellent advice ... for would-be small-business owners, and heeding it can help you avoid many early mistakes.” Los Angeles Times “An excellent resource for beginners.... written specifically for entrepreneurs who want to start their own business in California.” startupjournal.com “A good-to-have, step-by-step to starting a business in California: forms, licenses, business plan, taxes and more.” San Francisco Examiner

About this edition

• Publisher: NOLO
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1413319793
• ISBN 13: 9781413319798
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352