Boulder SBDC - Start-up Essentials

Attorney Theresa Pickner walks you through the nuts and bolts of starting your own business, including legal entity selection, taxes (sales, use, and payroll), liability protection, registering your trade name, and more. This workshop will help save time and stress by helping you determine which agencies to contact along with the forms you will need, and by providing the information necessary to make key decisions before completing your paperwork. You will receive a packet containing reference materials and forms you will need to get your business started right away. Attendees may also arrange for a private consultation for up to an hour with Theresa Pickner at no extra charge.

Workshop Presenter: Theresa A. Pickner, Attorney at Law, Pickner Law

Cost: $45/attendee; $35/attendee with Boulder or Longmont Chamber membership

Location: Boulder SBDC main office- 2440 Pearl St. (SW corner of Pearl and Folsom, inside Boulder Chamber Center)

Presenter Bio:

Theresa A. Pickner has been practicing law in Colorado since 1989, and she has been presenting the Start-Up Essentials workshop at the Boulder Small Business Development Center for over 15 years.

Theresa's fields of expertise include: Existing Businesses, Business Start-Ups, Taxation, and Estate Planning. Theresa will help you understand the process and give you the confidence to make the best decisions. For over twenty years, she has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and individuals. She is the co-author of The Small Business Legal Tool Kit. 

Specialities include:

• legal entity selection
• taxes (sales, use, income, payroll)
• liability protection
• registering trade names
• governmental filings
• and more

The Colorado Small Business Development Center Network is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA.) The support given by the SBA through such funding does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the co-sponsors' or participants' opinions, products or services. The Colorado SBDC is a partnership between the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the SBA, Colorado's institutions of higher education and local development organizations.