Presentation given on March 3, 2015 @ Acadia University - Launchbox Programming.

1. HOWTO RUNYOUR
BUSINESS.
WES BOOTH

2. AGENDA
• COMPANY NAME
• DOMAIN NAME
• REGISTERINGYOUR BUSINESS
• SETTING UPYOUR EMAIL
• PHONE
• COMPANY ADDRESS
• PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE
• SOCIAL MEDIA
• RESOURCES

3. COMPANY NAME

4. KNOW WHAT MAKES A
GOOD NAME.

5. AVOID PUNS.

6. GET CREATIVE.

7. BRAINSTORM A LIST.

8. NARROW IT DOWN.

9. FIND WHICH ONE IS BEST.

10. NOT SURE WHERETO START?

11. THESE CAN HELP.

12. DOMAIN NAME

13. SHOULD BE…

14. RELAVENT.

15. AVAILABLE.

16. EASYTO SPELL.

17. EASYTO SEARCH.

18. THERE ARE MANY
OPTIONS…

21. REGISTERINGYOUR BUSINESS

22. DEPENDS WHEREYOU’RE
LOCATED.

23. HERE?

24. ACCESS NOVA SCOTIA.

25. REGISTRY OF JOINT STOCKS.

26. AREYOU…

27. SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP??

28. PARTNERSHIP?

29. SHOULDYOU
INCORPORATE?

30. HST NUMBER IF <$30K.

31. SETTING UPYOUR EMAIL

32. GOTHROUGHYOUR
HOSTING.

33. DON’T USE HOTMAIL.

34. PHONE

35. LANDLINE?

36. OR…

37. CELL?

38. TWILIO.

39. FREE 1-888.

40. SKYPE.

41. GOOGLE HANGOUTS.

42. FACETIME.

43. COMPANY ADDRESS

44. TWO DIRECTIONS.

45. HOME.

46. PIN IT .

47. REMEMBER…

48. MUST HAVE A PHYSICAL
MAILING ADDRESS.

49. P.O. BOX NUMBERS WORK.

50. PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE

51. DOYOU NEED…

52. AN ACCOUNTANT?

53. TO START…

54. SIMPLE BOOKKEEPING.

55. MICROSOFT EXCEL.

56. WAVE ACCOUNTING.

57. A LAWYER?

58. COMES INTO PLAY LATER.

59. SOCIAL MEDIA

60. SIGN UP WITH PURPOSE.

61. DON’T JUST SIMPLY SIGN UP.

62. CREATE A STRATEGY.

63. AND EXECUTE IT.

64. KEEP IN MIND…

65. CONTENT IS KING.

66. VEHICLES.

67. FACEBOOK BUILDS
COMMUNITY.

68. TWITTER SHARESYOUR
MESSAGE.

69. LINKEDIN BUILDS
REPUTATION.

70. OTHERS ARE MORE
SPECIFIC.

71. RESOURCES

74. FIVERR.

85. REACH OUT
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