Business-4 Starting Your Business and Recommended Vendors

Table of Contents

Starting Up.................................................................................................................................................1

Create a Business Plan..........................................................................................................................2

Opportunities to Remember..................................................................................................................2

Establishing Your Business........................................................................................................................2

Types of Businesses...............................................................................................................................3

Telephone Number................................................................................................................................3

Business Cards......................................................................................................................................4

Web hosting...........................................................................................................................................4

Remote Technical Support Tool............................................................................................................4

Obtaining your tools and disk images...................................................................................................4

Bookkeeping..........................................................................................................................................5

Sales Tax................................................................................................................................................5

Off to the Races.....................................................................................................................................5

Further Steps..............................................................................................................................................5

Location.................................................................................................................................................5

Local Repair Shop Partner....................................................................................................................5

Spillover Technician..............................................................................................................................6

Assistant................................................................................................................................................6

Ticketing System...................................................................................................................................6

Recommended Vendors..............................................................................................................................7

Professional Services (Rochester).........................................................................................................7

Payroll...................................................................................................................................................7

Credit Card Acceptance.........................................................................................................................7

Business Card Printers...........................................................................................................................8

Web Hosts..............................................................................................................................................8

Remote Support Tools...........................................................................................................................8

Calendaring & Invoicing.......................................................................................................................8

Mileage and Time Recorder..................................................................................................................8

Hardware Vendors.................................................................................................................................9

Remote Desktop Management..............................................................................................................9