Small Business Start Up Kit

Berkeley, CA -- February 1, 2006

Starting and running your own business is your dream, but the task is so daunting that you’re not sure where to start. You’re in luck: The Small Business Start-Up Kit is now available in a new and updated edition. An invaluable resource for all aspiring entrepreneurs, The Small Business Start-Up Kit includes all the information you’ll need to get your venture up and running and guide it safely through its first year.

Author Peri Pakroo brings legal and business expertise to the subject of starting a business. As a legal scholar and small business owner and business start-up consultant, she sees the big picture. In The Small Business Start-Up Kit, she’ll help you:

• Choose the best legal structure for your business
• Write an effective business plan with solid financial projections
• Understand federal, state and local start-up requirements
• Learn about business taxes—and get the most out of available deductions
• Develop a bookkeeping system
• Hire employees
• Price, bid and bill your projects
• Draft and use contracts and other agreements

…and much more

This bestselling guide comes fully updated for 2006 and contains all the latest developments in law and taxation. New to the fourth edition is information on financing your business and an expanded section on e-business, including practical information on creating websites that conform to your business strategy and cost-effective tips for online marketing. Forms and interactive worksheets are included as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

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