Nolo Press offers the Legal
Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business. It covers
numerous topics including taxes, liability, and contracts. It will
help you decide, for example, between forming a sole proprietorship
or a corporation.
Develop your own business plan with a fun step-by-step brainstorming
process using one of the following One Page Business Plan
workbooks by Jim Horan:
If you are new to owning a business, enjoy this quick read - Growing
Your Business - to develop your own simple but powerful
strategies for your business model, marketing, and sales.
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and
What to Do About It is a bestseller which clearly explains
common pitfalls facing all entrepreneurs, and key ingredients for
a successful business development process.
Work.com
is a one-stop source of how-to guides for the small business owner.
It's designed to address the needs of small businesses seeking concise,
actionable answers to key business questions.
Nolo Press's book How
to Form a Nonprofit Corporation has everything you need to incorporate
and file for nonprofit status, with specific information organized
on a per-state basis.
Nolo Press's book How
to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California gives an in-depth
treatment to California corporations.
Some new organizations may prefer to work under the sponsorship of
an existing nonprofit corporation. Besides the obvious advantage of
lowering administrative overhead, sponsoring organizations can provide
training and networking opportunities for such critical functions
as fundraising and grant writing. Fiscal
Sponsorship: Six Ways To Do It Right instructs you on the details
of this possibility.
