Description
What You Need – And Where To Find It:
Creating “The Plans”
- Your business plan
- Your marketing plan
- Your disaster plan
- Finding the money you need
- Borrowing
- Venture capitalists
- Financial “angels”
- Government and private grants
- Creating your company
- Choosing a name
- Choosing a legal form – Sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation
- Know the law
- Work where you live – but don’t live where you work
- Creating a work area
- Furniture, hardware, software
- Keeping personal and business lives separate
- Dealing with family, friends and neighbours
- Workplace safety is still important
- No more water cooler chats or “let’s grab lunch” socializing
- Surviving the financial strain – and knowing the costs
- Paying yourself
- Setting reasonable prices
Advertising and marketing
Trademarks, copyrights and contracts
Accountants, programmers, website designers and more
The art of e-commerce
Privacy policies, terms of service, customer rights and other legal stuff
