Having to wait through the holiday weekend (even though you're still working on your official business web site) for that official business license is a pain in the you-know-what. :D

Holidays are always a nice break despite still constantly watching the chat/ticket Q through the night.

MrStealth, are you just setting up your hosting business? Congratulations, if you are! I can agree with you, as I am a very impatient person myself.

sks- I don't think I'll be able to comment on this until I'm officially in business. :)

Stealthy- Yup, finally starting up my own business. I've been considering it for awhile now (3+ years and counting, reading and soaking up all the information I can find from Robert Kiyosaki, et. al.) and finally made the official plunge. I could never decide what I wanted to do for a business until I discovered web site hosting. Web design is fine (I've been a freelancer for years), but after discovering hosting as a viable business opportunity a month or so ago I haven't looked back.

What is the lack of a license holding you back from? You can probably get started by setting things up figuring everything else out.

I'd love to read more of the random thoughts that pop into your head do you have a blog I can subscribe to?

I'd serious consider doing something else other than web hosting. If any more people jump on the bandwagon we'll have a communist web hosting state.

I worked for Robert Kiyosaki a while back, started and sold a few other businesses, then finally parked myself in hosting and software development. It's a good business to be in and many people realize that, but it takes more than most think to run things successfully.

There's always room for another hosting business if you do it right.

I was excited to get my business license. I thought it was an important step so I could get a business chequing account and accept cheques in the business name. I should have saved the money. After gettting two cheques in a year I closed the account and just ask for cheques written out to me.

I worked for Robert Kiyosaki a while back, started and sold a few other businesses, then finally parked myself in hosting and software development. It's a good business to be in and many people realize that, but it takes more than most think to run things successfully.

There's always room for another hosting business if you do it right.

I'd have to agree with that. The good thing about this market is that you can market to so many different demographics and still be successful.

There's tons of different ways to run a web-hosting business. One way isn't necessarily better than the other. It just depends on what your goals as a business are. Make sure you know those and stick with them before you get too into it. The main reason successful businesses ultimately end up failing is losing sight of their business plan.

I was excited to get my business license. I thought it was an important step so I could get a business chequing account and accept cheques in the business name. I should have saved the money. After gettting two cheques in a year I closed the account and just ask for cheques written out to me.

Judging from your spelling I'm going to guess you're not in the US. For anyone that is in the US, do not follow this man's advice. Always keep business and personal finances separate. Always.

Judging from your spelling I'm going to guess you're not in the US. For anyone that is in the US, do not follow this man's advice. Always keep business and personal finances separate. Always.

That's sound advise as long as people realize that it may be purely an administrative sparation because if your business is a sole proprietorship, legally your business and personal finances are inseparable. I am in Canada but I know that's true in at least some parts of the US.

I'd have to disagree with both of you: the best source of legal and accounting advice is not on WHT, but through one-on-one's with your lawyer and accountant. :)

I agree with the Stealthy One.