Monday, Sept 18: Starting a company for under $1,000

See also see also Under1K-Engineering, Under1K-Marketing, and Under1K-Operations

Business management

• Accounting
  • Quickbooks online $20/month, customer support is included.

• Payroll
  • Paycycle $15-$43/month for 5 employees/contractors, $1.50/month each additional.
  • it is fabulous.
  • Paychex is good.

• Legal
  • Nolo Press Books try public libraries or $20-30 each.
  • Articles on website free. Simple incorporation, forms, patents, trademarks.
  • deferred payment - individual deals with law firms.
  • SDForum sessions with lawyers (e.g. Thu Oct 12 with Mark White)
  • SBA http://www.sba.gov/
  • socrates.com
  • www.legalforms.com for contract examples.
  • legalzoom.com

• Hiring
  • LinkedIn Basic service free (informal inquiries). Job posting $95.
  • SimplyHired
  • $95 for putting job on LinkedIn.
  • $75 for putting job on craigslist.
  • You can also use Gigs on Craigslist for sweat equity other adhoc hiring needs

• Calendars
  • Google, Yahoo, Hotmail, Brownbearsw, 30boxes, Backpack Calendar

• Real estate see Incubators section of Under1K-Operations