-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have some training in both the business administration and accounting background. I can be of some help there (I really need to go back to school, get my cert out of the way and become a cpa or just stay with this and become a systems administrator. either way, I really need to put my skills to work and earn some money. I am very tired of having to put up with living on the public tit (disability). let me know... thanks. Mage. On Thursday 20 February 2003 04:52 pm, Ed Skinner wrote: > I'm looking to start a business. My initial needs are incorporation, a > company name and a nominal web presence. I'm in the thinking stage and > working on cost estimates and a startup plan. > Is there anyone in this group who: > 1) has done this recently and is willing to share their experience, or > 2) does this professionally and is interested in assisting > (professionally)? > > At this point I have a business name I like and the *.com domain is > available along with the domains of a couple of easy misspellings. But one > of the common misspellings is already taken and, worse, it belongs to a > company in the greater Phoenix area. Is that a problem? > What sort of incorporation would be best? A "subchapter S" > incorporation was suggested. The business will be consulting-oriented but > there will be some "pack and ship" physical products as well. > Initially, the web presence will be no more than a dozen simple pages > (which I will craft myself). This will probably be hosted very simply (such > as at register.com for $14.95/month plus three email mailboxes). > Eventually, however, it'll move to a more capable hosted site and include > apache-based custom interactive pages (again which I will either write or, > more likely, use an open source package). > Suggestions/comments are welcomed. - -- I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own - No. 6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Ven2n/usgigAaLcRAsDvAJ99QDgXJmJYiOb2EbbliCCZcMyyUwCfawYR xap3SuDLg/SC5gqBtcDhacs= =TwaM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----