Does anyone here own a business?

[killersheep]

Yep,whatcha need to ask?

Is it your gym?

[Trainer Monkey]

Yep,whatcha need to ask?

Is it your gym?

Gym,matchmaking promoting buisness,and oddly enough, I restore Carbide Lamps

[killersheep]

Yep,whatcha need to ask?

Is it your gym?

Gym,matchmaking promoting buisness,and oddly enough, I restore Carbide Lamps

Do you rent the facility or are you buying it?

[Trainer Monkey]

Is it your gym?

Gym,matchmaking promoting buisness,and oddly enough, I restore Carbide Lamps

Do you rent the facility or are you buying it?

In my case own,lock stock and barrell,depending on what your trying to set up,if you have the funds to buy,your just better off. Im looking at buying a larger facility,but Im also looking at buying a new break down ring,so there's only so much money in the kitty.
Honestly,having a landlord is a ball pain,not only do complaints not get redressed quickly,as far as heat water leaks etc,you allways have to worry at the end of your lease that maybe your landlord doesnt want that type of buissness in his building any more and you find yourself scrambling to find a new roof over your head in a hurry.
If you can buy,buy

[killersheep]

Gym,matchmaking promoting buisness,and oddly enough, I restore Carbide Lamps

Do you rent the facility or are you buying it?

In my case own,lock stock and barrell,depending on what your trying to set up,if you have the funds to buy,your just better off. Im looking at buying a larger facility,but Im also looking at buying a new break down ring,so there's only so much money in the kitty.
Honestly,having a landlord is a ball pain,not only do complaints not get redressed quickly,as far as heat water leaks etc,you allways have to worry at the end of your lease that maybe your landlord doesnt want that type of buissness in his building any more and you find yourself scrambling to find a new roof over your head in a hurry.
If you can buy,buy

How did you initially capitalize your business?

[Trainer Monkey]

Do you rent the facility or are you buying it?

In my case own,lock stock and barrell,depending on what your trying to set up,if you have the funds to buy,your just better off. Im looking at buying a larger facility,but Im also looking at buying a new break down ring,so there's only so much money in the kitty.
Honestly,having a landlord is a ball pain,not only do complaints not get redressed quickly,as far as heat water leaks etc,you allways have to worry at the end of your lease that maybe your landlord doesnt want that type of buissness in his building any more and you find yourself scrambling to find a new roof over your head in a hurry.
If you can buy,buy

How did you initially capitalize your business?

Hate to say it,a loan and the card,the debt is mainly paid down now, but it was a swing at it, at the time.
Just had to have faith in myself that I knew what I was doing when I started,I figured I did,but the first few months are pretty scary,you find yourself saying to yourself constantly,"You know,punching a time card wasnt THAT bad"

[Scrap]

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

[killersheep]

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.