there are many templates and examples online, just google it.

in most states you can register online…its $75 here in my state, NO laywer needed…a lawyer will just charge you $750 for doing the same thing.

I use quickbooks, its an industry standard, VERY easy to use.

Money is monetary, however, recognition is much more of a motivator

we get all our stuff from here:

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Adobe Pagemaker is a good program that many of us use.

there is NO bad time for business…any idea is a good idea if you have a solid plan and work hard.

we have been using home advisor…why? because we can narrow the focus down to specific zip codes, we can set a budget, we dont have to spend $$ on SEO and websites (it comes with a website)…all other marketing did not have the ROI like this…I can shut if off on our off season too or when we are too busy for new work.

the further away from the population you get the less people are eager to go to a farmers market…so you must make it some sort of destination for people want to come to the country…our farmers markets incorporate food trucks which do well.

i was newly divorced with two young children…so yea, it was very tuff being a single dad with kids trying to build a business.

The only time success comes before work, is in the dictionary.

Those who fail to plan plan to fail…

Sure, being an entrepreneur sounds easy, but is it? to become one most would agree you need to have experience, be a subject matter export in your craft, able to take risks and have a good work ethic…then you need a business plan. The plan can be a simple outline on a napkin, but will map out what your ultimate goal is with all that is needed to reach that goal…a business does not have to be brick & mortar nor glamours. The business can be as easy as dog watching (as long as it makes you income)…

Early on I worked 7 days a week BUT still managed to take some long weekends…now I have staff where the responsibilities can be leveraged which allows me to take a lot of time off…(I take 2 long vacations a year typically 10-21 days, plus many 4-5 day weeks…).

Im in the mid-west USA. Huntington Banks has been our bank for 20+ years. I have tried others but Huntington is the best with no fees.

The first 10 years I did EVERYTHING (proposals, land the jobs, design, do the work, pay the bills, reconcile books, and and and…). I found that I was so busy working on the business I had no time to actually do the work!!!..so I hired a bookkeeper,a CPA, sub contractors…sure, it was an expense but now I leverage all that admin time through them allowing me to have more time to actually grow the business.

any business depends on your subject expertise, willing to take risks, work ethic…before any road tip, you would not leave the house unless you had a destination and a map to get there. This is the same with a business plan. Pick a destination then map out how to get there. While mapping this out ask your question as to ‘why’ and ‘how long’ will I be there…sure, tiktok sounds lucritive and easy but will it still be there in 10 years??? You can go a traditional route like accounting, bookkeeping etc where you can work for others remotely for a great wage that you can scale as needed.

sounds like a LOT of work…easiest thing for you is to rent dumpsters (dump trailers). Its a big investment, however, the income is easy…drop off a trailer at a construction site (or anyone that needs one), have them fill it, pick it up, dump, repeat…

I did this several times with our other businesses for marketing purposes. The LLC has not changed, but the name had. You can file a new DBA so you can cash checks in that name or not…think about this: how many times have you seen a credit card reciept from some odd named business yet was not the name of the business you were in…

School (university) was not for me. Why? because it was NOT teaching me a tangible employable marketable skill set that I could hit the ground running…I decided to learn some tangible skills early on (Computer Aided Drafting) granted me the ability to get a job within the automotive industry. Like many others, I worked hard for 10+ years to make a good 6-figure income. While being laid off, I started a side hustle (trades) and now make 2-3x what I did as a designer!..my skill set cant be taught in school, nor can a work ethic. Sure, when laid off I could have spend 50k on a degree with the chance of being over educated and under employed OR invest that $$ into ME and start something…which I did. So its all subject to YOUR personal skill sets, drive, work ethic, demographics.

I raise my prices yearly and never lost a customer (We mow 273 lawns per week)…the people that squabble about price are the people you do not want…the key to your business is simply have clean equipment, respectable dressed staff, show up on time on your scheduled days, put a flyer on each home around the home you just serviced…

I had both and yes, ADP was just so much easier!..it may cost a bit more but there were no headaches.