The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide

Find out how to start and run a successful business, with specific emphasis on your concerns as a woman entrepreneur Approximately ten million U.S businesses are currently women-owned, and the number is growing at twice the national average for all businesses. As one of the millions of aspiring female small business owners, you know that there are specific issues and questions that need to be addressed when you're setting up shop. The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, written by the author of the bestselling The Small Business Start-Up Kit, gives you the practical and legal information you need to kickstart a successful enterprise, including:

borrowing money and managing finances

drafting an effective business plan

how to become certified as a woman-owned business

understanding and choosing a legal structure

accessing resources available to women entrepreneurs through Women's Business Centers and microlenders

taking your business online and developing an eBusiness

handling small business tax issues

balancing work life with family life

marketing, hiring employees and much more

The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit retains its focus on women's business-related issues without devolving into stereotypes and never loses sight of the legal rules and fundamentals of starting and running your business. The book includes a CD with useful legal forms, such as a partnership agreement, and financial spreadsheets, such as cash flow projection, plus interviews with successful women who have started businesses.