[Muddy]

Goals:
-Provide fast, reliable technical assistance to local business, and home office computers
-Starting from a one man team (me), to a mass network of technical individuals to server a broader community.

Start-Up Costs
-Legal Fees? (I am currently under 18)
-Business Cards $30

Services
-General Computer Repair
-Spyware and Virus Removal
-Hardware Replacment and Memory/Hard Drive Installation
-Software Installation
-Wireless Networking

Competition
-Best Buy Geek Squad, Charge high prices

Future Way of Working
-Hire local high school geeks to go to houses in their area. Customers will submit their problem to a website where it will be screened and sent to the right agent.


I am not sure about legal fees and such. Any idea where to look that stuff up? I live in California (USA)

[Sarafina]

I'm trying to figure out the purpose of your post, please clarify.

[joshw]

I'm assuming that you are wanting advice on getting started. Call your local chamber of commerce and ask who to get in touch with about setting up a DBA.

For marketing start with putting fliers on neighborhood doors and going door to door to businesses in the area. Walk in the business, ask for a manager, and say, "I'm so and so, I live in the neighborhood and just wanted to introduce myself. If you ever run into a computer problem that you need fixed quickly, give me a call."

[benoitb]

Check out www.legalzoom.com, it should have most of what you maybe looking for.