My Start-up Process – Part I

19Jun08

I composed a list of greenandchic.com related tasks I have accomplished over the past few months (not necessarily in order). These are items I felt that I had to get out of the way before moving on to the next steps. Whether or not I took the best approach to some of these tasks is still up in the air.   But remember, starting a business is a learning experience and mistakes will be made! (Talking to myself).

The Legal Stuff
Business License – Which is obtained though the county in which you’re business resides/conducted
DBA or Fictitious Business Name for Green and Chic and www.greenandchic.com- Which is obtained though the county in which you’re business resides/conducted.
Business Entity - Obtained through the Secretary of State. I chose LLC. I’m not sure if that was the approach, but its done!
Tax ID or Employer Identification Number – That was the easiest to obtain. Just one phone call to the IRS and you will get it right over the phone.
Resale License- Obtained though the State Board of Equalization.

Website
Domain Name – It took me several weeks to come up with a name that I know I would love and one that’s not already taken. It was harder than I thought it would be.
Hosting – I use Hostway for now
Start-up website www.greenandchic.com- I’m currently updating it using Joomla! 1.5 on the backend. The updated site is not live yet.

Later, I will go into other aspects of starting the business, vendors/products, marketing, research, etc.

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