A good resource is the SBA
, who also sponsor SCORE (service corps of retired executives).

You can gnaw over just about anything with a former electrical contractor/ biz owner etc...pretty cool.... [Linked Image]

From this, some links to your state, and thus state laws can be had among other info.

Basically, your resources are can be an important commodity.

As to advice,
The village idiot here gave me the best yet,
(insert moronic drawl)

"I just don't work for people i don't like"

priceless...