The Women’s Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide by Peri Pakroo
Everything you need to get your business started
Special resources for women entrepreneurs
Solutions for maintaining work-life balance
Dear Aspiring Business Owner,
If you’ve got an idea or skill that you’re ready to turn into a business, congratulations! Whether you plan to hire employees or pursue solo self-employment (a good survival strategy in a lean economy) this book will help transform your vision into reality. You’ll learn how to:
- draft a solid business plan
- raise start-up money
- choose a legal structure
- manage finances and taxes
- promote your business on a budget
- take your business online
- hire quality contractors and employees
Why a small business book aimed just at women? Because the women entrepreneurs I work with want to know about special certification programs for women-owned businesses, government contracting opportunities, and resources such as Women’s Business Centers nationwide. They also want to hear about creative ways to maintain work-life balance. You’ll find all this in the book.
Good luck with your new business!
Peri
P.S. I’ve included interviews with several successful women business owners throughout the book. I think their insights will inform and inspire you.
Congratulations Susan Varney!








Posted by: Tami on June 14, 2010 at 4:58 am
I’ve daydreamed about owning my own business. I’d love to read this book and be able to put it to use!
Posted by: Houstonblogger on June 14, 2010 at 5:00 am
Wow!! I love the focus on women. Great book and great motivation for so many.
Posted by: Kristen Murray on June 14, 2010 at 6:03 am
I’m actually in the very first steps of starting a home business and this would be an invaluable resource for me because right now I feel like I’m treading water with an oncoming tsunami of things-that-must-be-done headling straight for me. This book would help me get organzed.
Posted by: Rosie King on June 14, 2010 at 6:47 am
Any help in getting a business off the ground is greatly appreciated!!
Posted by: Debi Briggs on June 14, 2010 at 8:03 am
I would love to win this book. I’ve been considering starting a business as a side line, and would greatly benefit from this. Thanks for the opportunity!
Posted by: Deborah Anderson on June 14, 2010 at 12:00 pm
This would be a good resource to have.
Posted by: susan varney on June 14, 2010 at 3:04 pm
love to win it for my daughter-in-law she is so enterprizing
mverno@roadrunner.com
Posted by: SANDY on June 14, 2010 at 5:48 pm
this would be a great start
Posted by: Michelle L on June 14, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Would love to win this I am starting my own business.
Posted by: Rhonda Petersen on June 15, 2010 at 5:26 am
I want to start a business so I could really use this. Thanks for the opportunity
Posted by: Lindsey Lou! on June 15, 2010 at 8:35 pm
I would really love this book. I have three businesses in mind that I want to start soon and I could use the help
Posted by: donna on June 16, 2010 at 7:05 pm
sign me up
Posted by: Renee G on June 16, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I’d love to share this book with my sister.
Posted by: Melissa M. on June 17, 2010 at 5:58 am
I am thinking about setting up a business by the end of the summer and would love this!
Posted by: Deborah Curran on June 17, 2010 at 7:17 am
Great for those starting a business !! very nice
Posted by: Constance L on June 17, 2010 at 9:56 am
I would love this book for myself. I am taking courses in logistics and this may come in handy down the road.
imin2fun81 at mail dot com
Posted by: Angie Bailey on June 18, 2010 at 4:22 am
I’ve always wanted to have my own business so I’d love to win this.
Posted by: Michelle Lovejoy on June 18, 2010 at 8:14 am
I would love to read this book because I am going to be starting my own goat farm soon!
Posted by: Louis on June 18, 2010 at 10:52 am
women have a different approach than men? Curious to read about
Posted by: Ed Nemmers on June 18, 2010 at 3:50 pm
This would be for a friend of mine!
Posted by: Shiela Hickmon on June 18, 2010 at 7:51 pm
I would love this book! Thanks!
Posted by: cynthia layton on June 18, 2010 at 8:04 pm
i am starting my own baby blanket line so this would be great
Posted by: Michelle on June 18, 2010 at 8:22 pm
I have been thinking about doing this and would love to read this book.
Posted by: Carla Pullum on June 18, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I would be really interested in reading this book!
Carla
cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com
Posted by: Trina C on June 18, 2010 at 11:13 pm
This book would be great for me. I am thinking if starting a party planning/rental business and would love this as a resource.
Posted by: Gianna on June 18, 2010 at 11:16 pm
I would
Posted by: Elisha on June 19, 2010 at 1:24 am
So many business ideas. Funding seems so hard to come by. Would love some insight into creative financing in this tough economy.
Posted by: Laura on June 19, 2010 at 2:35 am
Yes! Both me and my sister would love this. My sister is already moonlighting and although I live across the country I help her on some projects. We are planning on going in together.
Posted by: Hi-stakes Momma on June 19, 2010 at 6:23 am
I would love to read this , I want to start my own business.
Posted by: Susan Smith on June 19, 2010 at 6:41 am
I’ve thought about starting my own business.
Posted by: kathy pease on June 19, 2010 at 6:55 am
i would love this for my daughter who starts college in the fall she would love to read it
Posted by: Vanessa R on June 19, 2010 at 7:15 am
I’d love to read this and make sure everything is put together legally.
Posted by: Diane Baum on June 19, 2010 at 9:26 am
This would be helpful for starting my own business
Posted by: Casey B on June 19, 2010 at 12:20 pm
I would love this book for myself!
Posted by: Stephanie Adkins on June 19, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I want to start my own business and I know this book would be a big help to me.
Posted by: susan smoaks on June 19, 2010 at 2:59 pm
i would love this book we are about to open our own business
Posted by: TorontoGirl on June 19, 2010 at 4:32 pm
My mother would love this book, as a stay at home mom who is finally looking to plan her future career.
Posted by: Veronica Garrett on June 19, 2010 at 7:03 pm
I would love this book. It sounds like it is a great resource.
Posted by: heather c on June 19, 2010 at 8:08 pm
I have a couple of ideas for starting a small business but am terrified of failure! Maybe this will sooth my nerves…
Posted by: Donna K on June 19, 2010 at 11:52 pm
I would really like that book.