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Before You Start • Biz Idea • Biz Name • Biz Plan • Legal Setup • Get Money & Do It YOU'RE NOT ALONE! Lots of folks are in your startup shoes too! Why not network and work together to solve problems, calm nerves and share know-how? Go to Idea Cafe's popular Startup Stew forum now! The Latest Hot Topics: Can This Idea Make it as a Business? Here's where you can get & give frank feedback on career training and biz ideas. A great place to sharpen your biz brain! Go How to Submit an Article to Idea Cafe Now you can demonstrate your business wisdom by posting your own article in our CyberSchmooz forum! Go Show Me the Money! Belly up to the Financial Feasts table and talk turkey about money… what to look for, where & how? All money talk is fair game. Go So you want to be your own boss! You're ready to take control of your worklife and create your own business. You'll work where, when, and how you want. Great goal, but how do you make it happen? Start here: take it step-by-step at Idea Cafe. BEFORE YOU START Step 1: YOUR BUSINESS IDEA Step 2: NAME YOUR BUSINESS Step 3: PLAN YOUR BUSINESS Step 4: LEGAL SET-UP Step 5: GET MONEY & DO IT! Start-Up Biz Book Shelf Start Your Business: A Beginner's Guide is for anyone looking for a hand to hold while taking the big plunge into self-employment. Its checklist format lets you organize all the to-do's before opening your doors. For more, read Idea Cafe's review. Perk Up Your Start-Up Like a good cup of coffee, Small Time Operator: How to start your own business, keep your books, pay your taxes, and stay out of trouble by Bernard B. Kamoroff grinds out the jumpstart you need to get your biz going strong! How to Really Start Your Own Business by David Gumpert is a smart step-by-step guide on the biz basics that will help your business idea turn into a successful startup. BEFORE YOU START If you have a job now, here's what to do before you kiss your paycheck goodbye. Idea Cafe's Pre-Pink Slip Action Plan: Or Seven Steps to Take While You've Still Got a Job. from Idea Cafe CEO Francie Ward. Next attack the steps ahead. First skim though to see the whole picture; then work out your thoughts on paper; then act! If you get stuck, discouraged, or stymied, just come back to Idea Cafe. Bounce your queries off others in CyberSchmooz or use our search to hook up with specifically what you need. STARTING A BUSINESS IDEAS: Q & A with Idea Cafe Experts Issuing Corporate Stock Not quite sure how to issue stock and still maintain corporate ownership? Nervous about how to issue stock to outside investors? Peter Hupalo shares a dose of calming corporate advice for any corporate startup. Bad Credit? Before looking for traditional financing for your startup, get "Plan B" advice from Lillyvette Montalvo, a financial biz expert. To Franchise or Startup? If you're waffling on which way to go, get fresh franchise facts from Kent Capener. Feasibility Study Strategies Kent Capener advises you on how to do a feasibility study for your biz venture or idea. Just change jobs or start a biz? Advice from Mark Bower Advice from Allison Gaea Jucha: Looking into working from home: what/how? Overwhelmed? How to prioritize it all. Qualities of entrepreneurs Moonlight to prepare for work-at-home. Advice from Laura Wiegert. Enter your search terms Submit search form       Search Idea Cafe Web Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News Copyright 1995-2008, Idea Cafe Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from Idea Cafe Inc. DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. Idea Cafe Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from Idea Cafe, Inc. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of Idea Cafe, Inc. or M.F. Ward: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business™, CyberSchmooz™, and BizCafe™.