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Your one-stop guide to starting a small business in California The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California shows you how to set up a small business quickly and easily. It explains the forms, fees, and regulations you'll encounter and shows you how to: choose the right business structure, such as an LLC or corporation write an effective business plan pick a winning business name and protect it get needed California licenses and permits hire and manage staff in compliance with California and federal law start a home business manage finances and taxes, and market your business effectively, online and off. The 15th edition is updated with the latest legal and tax rules affecting California small businesses, plus social media and e-commerce trends. WITH DOWNLOADABLE FORMS Includes cash flow projection and profit/loss forecast worksheets, California LLC Articles of Organization, small business resources, and more available for download.

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Author comments: 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. ""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

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Peri Pakroo is a business consultant and coach specializing in strategies for small ventures and solopreneurs. She is an active advocate for sustainable economic development and is the founder of Pyragraph, an online resource for career-focused creatives. For more than 20 years Peri has helped small operations develop websites and digital media products through her company P-Brain Media. She produces the Self-Employed Happy Hour podcast as well as other streaming media aimed at entrepreneurial indies. She and her family live in New Mexico where she plays in a number of bands, including her own project, Peri & the FAQs. 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.

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