The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California FROM THE PUBLISHER
About the Author:
Peri Pakroo is a media developer and consultant, specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits. She owns and runs p-brain media (www.pbrainmedia.com), a media and communications firm that develops informational content for print, Web, video and other media. 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 has edited such titles as Nolo's 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. Besides working with legal and business issues, Peri has also headed the editorial departments of two arts and entertainment weeklies and a monthly food and lifestyle magazine. She lives with Juno, Kitty B and Turtle in New Mexico.
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.
Step-by-step, 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*be prepared for, and file,
the required taxes*acquire good bookkeeping and accounting habits
The 5th edition reflects the latest legal and tax changes. It
also provides a completely revised chapter on risk management and
insurance, plus a new chapter on pricing, bidding and
billing.
FROM THE CRITICS
StartupJournal.com
An excellent resource for beginners... written specifically for entrepreneurs who want to start their own business in California.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
The perfect one-stop publication for any group or individual that wants to start a business.
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