The SBAC and the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section (YLS) partnered to create a flipbook to provide small business owners with general information in a number of areas. Lawyers and business professionals have lent their knowledge and experience to provide insights into various issues that small business owners must address in starting and growing their businesses.

This 12-part booklet includes advice on: writing a business plan; physical office space; virtual and shared office space; business to business equipment lease financing; legal structure; registering your business and state, local and federal taxes, permits, licenses; accounting and record keeping; legal steps in hiring, firing and maintaining employees; developing a marketing plan and networking; web and online marketing/presence; and succession planning for small business owners.

While this book cannot and does not provide legal advice, it is intended to educate small business owners about many of the legal and business issues that small businesses face. We hope you find this flipbook helpful.

Go to http://www.sbacil.org/flipbook to view the flipbook.