The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California

by Peri Pakroo J.D.

Overview

Start a business in California with the best step-by-step guide available!

If you dream of starting a business, but fear that without an MBA you'll get lost in the maze of government red tape, this is 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 essential forms along the way. Clear and straight to the point, the book explains in plain English how to choose between an LLC and other business structures, manage finances and taxes, market your business effectively online and off, and much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781413324761
Publisher:	NOLO
Publication date:	02/28/2018
Edition description:	Twelfth Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Peri Pakroo (www.peripakroo.com) is a business author and coach, specializing in creative and smart strategies for self-employment and small business. She has started, participated in, and consulted with start-up businesses for more than 20 years. She is the founder, publisher, and editor of Pyragraph (www.pyragraph.com), an online career magazine for artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers, writers, and other creative workers worldwide.
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 & Building a Nonprofit (all from Nolo) and has been featured in numerous national publications including Entrepreneur, Real Simple, Investors Business Daily, and BusinessWeek,.

Table of Contents

1. Choosing a Legal Structure

2. Picking a Winning Business Name

3. Choosing a Business Location

4. Drafting an Effective Business Plan

5. Pricing, Bidding, and Billing Projects

6. Federal, State, and Local Start-Up Requirements

7. Risk Management

8. Paying Your Taxes

9. Laws, Taxes, and Other Issues for Home Businesses

10. Entering Into Contracts and Agreements

11. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Financial Management

12. Small Business Marketing 101

13. E-Business: Selling and Marketing Online

14. Planning for Changes in Ownership

15. Building Your Business and Hiring Workers

16. Getting Professional Help

Appendixes

A. California Small Business Resources and Contact Information

B. How to Use the Interactive Forms

C. Interactive Forms for California Businesses

Index

Interviews

I love helping people who want to take their careers into their own hands by creating their own ventures. From studying law and small business to being self-employed for 20-some years, I have developed a systematic approach to building ventures big and small. In this book I break down the major systems that every business person needs to master, and offer strategies to grow your business in line with your own goals and vision. There’s no one-size-fits-all formula to starting a business, so I try to offer guidance that does not assume what your goals are and provide tools that empower readers to pursue their vision, on their terms.

Editorial Reviews

"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

From the Publisher

A good-to-have, step-by-step guide to starting a business in California: Forms, licenses, business plan, taxes and more.

San Francisco Examiner

The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California puts all the California-specific information you need to begin your business -- right at you fingertips.

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

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

The perfect one-stop publication for any group or individual that wants to start a business.

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce

An excellent resource for beginners... written specifically for entrepreneurs who want to start their own business in California.

StartupJournal.com