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I've recently decided that I am going to take my time with this whole starting-a-business thing. My overall timeline is going to be simple. The initial goal for my business is to be a part-time extra-income generator for me starting sometime before the end of this year. This blog, and the filing of my DBA paperwork, have already set the gears in Read More

As part of the planning process for my small business, I'm going to spend an entire weekend day "practicing" working from home on my own. I've never worked form home before, I've always worked in an office or in another building. This article describes the process I will use and the expectations I have for how things will turn out. Read More

Can someone in his mid-twenties with no managerial experience, no bachelors degree, and very little start-up money start his own successful one-man business in the competitive field of computer consulting? Well, if you were to ask Eric Hamm that question, he'd not only answer with an up-beat and positive YES, but he'd tell you how he's been doing Read More

While thinking about the long-term plan for my computer consulting business, I'm constantly struggling between two scenarios: continuing to run my business part-time indefinitely along side my “regular” job working for someone else, or making it my full time gig. Read More

The straight forward title obviously caught my eye and this is the book that comes up at the top of the list of any searches I did online for books about starting a computer business. Mr. Rosenthal obviously knew there was a niche to fill with this book, but does it deliver the goods? Read More

When is a new business truly "ready" to launch? In this article I show you how I'm attempting to answer this question for my new computer consulting business. Read More

Why some people aren't cut out ot be entrepreneurs and why that's okay. Read More

Business Name Blues is a 3-part series in which I talk about the experiences I had in naming my business and give tips based on lessons I've learned in the process. Read More

Part two of the Business Blues series explores the ins and outs, and unintended headaches, of getting your business a domain name. Read More

For simple paperwork and filing tasks, LegalZoom is a decent alternative to overpriced lawyers. Read More