Pakroo, Peri: - Peri Pakroo is a business consultant and coach specializing in strategies for small ventures and solopreneurs. She is an active advocate for sustainable economic development and is the founder of Pyragraph, an online resource for career-focused creatives. For more than 20 years Peri has helped small operations develop websites and digital media products through her company P-Brain Media. She produces the Self-Employed Happy Hour podcast as well as other streaming media aimed at entrepreneurial indies. She and her family live in New Mexico where she plays in a number of bands, including her own project, Peri & the FAQs. Peri received her law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law. She is the author of The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, The Small Business Start-Up Kit (national and California editions) and Starting & Building a Nonprofit (all from Nolo) and has been featured in numerous national publications including Entrepreneur, Real Simple, Investors Business Daily, and BusinessWeek, .