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Old Oct 21, 2009, 11:56 AM
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This sight seems very cool, im planning on starting a company, i live in swfl and i want to start a cleaning company and eventually add stuff onto it, any good input on how to go about that?

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Hi, a2daj216!

What kind of cleaning company is yours going to be, residential, commercial or some other type of cleaning, please?

Also, have you already had experience cleaning for others in the way that you want to in order to make a profit for yourself?

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Hi, a2daj216!

What kind of cleaning company is yours going to be, residential, commercial or some other type of cleaning, please?

Also, have you already had experience cleaning for others in the way that you want to in order to make a profit for yourself?

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im going to start a residential cleaning company, as it progresses i do want to add on other services, i have 6yrs residential, also commercial, 3yrs window and pressure washing, and just starting carpets, i have a machine for the carpets and its pretty simple stuff but im having difficulty figuring out how to start it all up ya know?
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Hi again, a2daj216!

It sounds like you already have some good experience "under your belt" and from which you can draw in order to let customers know about what you can do and the way that you might do it.

Have you formatted a business plan yet? That would be the first thing that I would suggest doing. If you would like to get a business plan started on this thread, that would be fine.

When you did the previous work, were you working for someone else or by yourself, please?

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Hi again, a2daj216!

It sounds like you already have some good experience "under your belt" and from which you can draw in order to let customers know about what you can do and the way that you might do it.

Have you formatted a business plan yet? That would be the first thing that I would suggest doing. If you would like to get a business plan started on this thread, that would be fine.

When you did the previous work, were you working for someone else or by yourself, please?

Thanks!
Both i guess, i started out working with a person but eventually started doing all the jobs myself, i have a plan written up, i got the name and all that fun stuff, even sketched out a logo, do you think all those things would fall under the same licsense? lol maybe things i should look at but i dont know where to look quite yet...
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Have you incorporated as yet?

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Have you incorporated as yet?

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no, i dont know, like the whole sole proprieter, or C corp or the other classifications, im getting the ficticous name if that how you spell it rather soon, idk i want my buisness to have its own account and not to be added to my income except for the checks it writes to me. I havent incorporated yet
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no, i dont know, like the whole sole proprieter, or C corp or the other classifications, im getting the ficticous name if that how you spell it rather soon, idk i want my buisness to have its own account and not to be added to my income except for the checks it writes to me. I havent incorporated yet
You do know that when you incorporate your company you have much more personal protection? Incorporating is not that expensive, initially I was a 'C Corp' but changed later to a 'Sub S' because the taxes were less.

But most importantly it is for your protection.

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You do know that when you incorporate your company you have much more personal protection? Incorporating is not that expensive, initially I was a 'C Corp' but changed later to a 'Sub S' because the taxes were less.

But most importantly is is for your protection.

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protection from what? lawsuits? from what i can draw from what you said are you suggesting going to a C corp? is there a site or something i can look at about different ways to incorporate? less taxes sounds good lol
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Hi again, a2daj216!

Stringer can definitely give you excellent advice about being incorporated! What I'm good at is the advertising end of things.

Thanks!

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