Legal and financial expertise for your small business.

Get one-on-one legal and financial services from experienced professionals, at no cost.

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Getting started

The right support starts with one application.

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Tell us about your business and what you need. It takes about 10 minutes.
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We'll review your needs and determine how Start Small can help.
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Get matched with the right legal or financial professional.

How services are provided

Support designed around what your business needs.

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Expert consultation

Meet one-on-one with an attorney or financial professional for a focused, one-hour consultation about a specific question or pressing business need.

Project-based services

For more complex needs, work one-on-one with an expert over two or more weeks on a defined project, with meetings scheduled around your and your expert's availability.

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See how small business owners have used Start Small's expertise to navigate challenges, make important decisions, and move their businesses forward.

What we offer

Pro bono

Legal services

Experienced attorneys helping you navigate important business decisions.

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Our legal services connect entrepreneurs with experienced attorneys for help with business formation, trademarks, contracts, employment matters, and more. Whether you're protecting what you've built or preparing for what's next, we'll help connect you with the legal expertise your business needs.

Advice and assistance with formalizing the legal structure of your business — forming LLCs or corporations, drafting operating agreements or bylaws, and creating partnership terms.

A "knockout" search of your business or product name, logo, or slogan — with review of results and basic advice on trademark registration advantages and process.

Review of your website plus editing of existing or template terms of use and privacy policy for your online presence.

Review and update of your existing contracts or assistance drafting new agreements for your business.

One-on-one counsel for businesses facing challenging legal decisions related to their first hires.

Pro bono

Financial services

Build the financial systems that let your business grow.

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Work one-on-one with experienced financial professionals to build a budget, manage cash flow, understand your costs and pricing, and get ready to access capital. We'll meet you where your business is today and help you build the financial systems you need for what's next.

Assistance calculating the cost of production and understanding how much a product or service contributes to paying overhead and owner's salary at various price and sales levels.

Assistance understanding whether the business can afford a new expense — hiring, a loan, or a new commercial lease.

Assistance setting prices and understanding which existing or proposed revenue streams are the most profitable.

Assistance developing 1–3 year financial forecasts for a business plan or raising capital.

Assistance choosing an appropriate system, support to implement it, and training to understand how to classify financial transactions.

Not sure what kind of help you need?

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