Does anyone here own a business?

[RP33]

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..

[Scrap]

Listen to Von, thats more or Less what Ive been Told

[Scrap]

Thats what my accoutant told me, and He is Billing it to me Bastard. Oh Ive got 3 companies I dont know Fuck All

[Trainer Monkey]

Check your credit raiting as well,my promotion company had a loan fall through because of a couple of late payments on a credit card. It wasnt even that it didnt get paid,but with the market the way it is,anything will send out a red flag,it wasnt even me, it was my partner, but still it was a setback that could have been avoided.

[Andre]

Business plan is the go for the loan for sure.
If you can project all the figures even with a bit of twigging and bullshit involved, it proves you've sat down and projected the outcomes etc.
Make it work on paper and your speaking their language straight away.
Saddo is the man to ask about web sites and pros and cons,he's been through enough of them to know some shortfalls.

[Spicoli]

At time it sure feels that way,working on a share.Running it on the H.R front,dealing with the head aches and listening to everyones drama and excuses.Hard to be a nice guy in spots.A bad sign is when I go to lock the front door and try using my house key,wondering why it wont work .Ironic as it gets.As far as Web start up....can not tell you a thing Greg.Dumb as a box of rocks with this technology.