Attending a Conference, Part 1 (or How to Dual-Purpose a Conference)
In mid-October, the Entrepreneurial Women’s Expo will be held in my town. I was at first super excited to attend this conference and promote my event planning business. However, when it came to actually register for it, I started to…
Setting Goals for your Business
When you start your business, you will have so many ideas of where it should go and what it will be come. That is great! However, it is important that you also begin the process of setting goals for your…
How to Decide if You Should Apply for an EIN
You may or may not have even heard of an Employer Identification Number, or EIN before. When most people file their taxes, they use their social security number. An EIN is almost like a social security number for a business…
Criteria for Choosing a Business Idea
The business idea is probably the hardest, yet most critical aspects of your business. Maybe you already have a general idea. If so, great! If not, we can work on that too! We’re going to walk through a few steps…
Register Your Fictitious Name or DBA
The next step after choosing your business name is to make it official. (If you have not yet chosen your business name, check out the article How to Choose a Business Name for help.) Your business name will be known as…
How to Choose a Business Name
For me, choosing a business name is extremely difficult and stressful. Then again, I even have trouble choosing names for my pets. It took a long time to choose a business name for my event planning business. It was even…
Reasons to Start a Business
Starting your own business can be a huge decision. Before you fully jump into it, you should analyze your own reasons to start a business. Looking at these can help ensure that you will enjoy working in your business and…
