Does anyone here own a business?

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Im the Chairman of two Companies, how can I Help.

I have an idea for web-based business, I won't need a physical location other than my house at first. The real cost will be that of a website, I can do all the HTML/CSS and php myself, but I need to pay someone to make a clean shopping cart system. Furthermore, I will need to spend a lot of cash advertising.

Other than that, because I expect to be doing a lot of transactions, I will need good bookkeeping software, there is no way for me to track this with pen and paper.

So what I need are the following things:

*Help with a business plan
*$20,000 for startup costs, web development, equipment, shipping supplies, accounting software, barcoding software, microsoft office suite etc.
*I really need help with creating a system to maintain daily business and transactions.
*Any guerilla marketing ideas would be welcome.

PS I am not asking for cash here I will be funding most of this out of pocket.

i help my friend run his tanning salon but that's not nearly as in depth as you're going considering the business was just bought and not built.. anyway, good luck sheep.. Von Milash had a great idea with going to a bookstore and buying a "how-to" book for small business.. i used to work at Borders and we had a whole section on small business.. definitely worth the trip even if you don't purchase anything and just stand there and read some stuff..