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Group Overview

This group will help you turn your business idea into a business organization by helping you incorporate, comply with local, state, and federal government regulations; create a corporate identity; and put systems in place to grow your business.

This Group Is For You If...

• You’re overwhelmed by all the steps it takes to start a business
  
• You’re afraid you’re complying with an important government regulation
  
• You’re worried someone is going to steal your idea
  
• You want to protect yourself from liability
  
• You want to save as much money as possible during the start-up process
  
• You’re tired of too much theoretical knowledge that doesn’t tell you how to get started.

Group Features

• Unlimited support with 24-hr responses from group leader
  
• Daily step-by-step instructions that walk you through specific actions you need to take in order to make your business official
  
• Four one-hour conference calls to hold you accountable to completing the actions and to receive multiple perspectives on the challenges you're facing you're facing from other members
  
• Template contracts that will save you hundreds of dollars with a lawyer

Topics Covered

• Choosing a corporate structure; Incorporating your business; Filing your DBA; Receiving an Employer Identification Number; Setting up a business checking account; Filing your sales tax number; Complying with government permits, licenses, and certificates
  
• Registering your domain name; Setting up your web site; Creating a logo, business cards, and brochures
  
• Finding and choosing an inexpensive lawyer and accountant; Finding & hiring employees; Finding & negotiating with contractors; Finding & working with partners; Choosing and using accounting software; Raising funding; and Getting insurance

Expectations

• Attend all of the conference calls
  
• Posting on the discussion board when asked to by the group moderator
  
• Spend at least 15 minutes every weekday taking action steps toward making your business official
  
• Find an accountability partner (we can help)
  
• Honor the privacy of other members

Conference Call Dates

Join us on August 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 6:30-7:30pm EST!

Moderator Info

I am award-winning young social entrepreneur and bestselling author of The Student Success Manifesto. I was featured as one of Business Week's Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25 in 2006 and have been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, USA Today, and the front page of AOL. My current companies are the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour and JourneyPage.

Username	Today's Outcomes	Week Goal	Score
Group Moderator
michaeldsimmons	• Make 15 sales outreaches (Delayed: 1time) • Create a prioritized list of leads to call upon (Delayed: 2 times) • Recruit top young entrepreneurs ...	Complete specifications for week goals system.	0%
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