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Building a Business: Lesson #1
People are crazy. I recently made some new friends, one of which is a graphic designer. I need a logo, she’s a designer, maybe we can work something out. I asked her if we could get together and talk about things, to see if we’re the right fit for each other. She invited me over…
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Roadblock!
Well I’ve come up against the first business-related roadblock that I can’t sort out myself. I had no trouble getting a bank account for my business, but when it came to a credit card…. no dice. I had to give RBC my whole life story (financially speaking) sending in networth statements, tax documents and the…
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Successful shopping for the store
Well today went fairly well despite the continuing heatwave. I was lucky enough to stumble across a listing for the Big On Bloor festival on Friday night. Lucky because it was going on the following day, and was a great place for me to source some vendors for the shop! I headed out there this…
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Setting up the business bank account
…was surprisingly painless. After taking a quick look around to find the best account, I settled on the $6 RBC small business account. It’s basically pay-as-you-go, but it was the cheapest one out there. All the rest of the banks wanted to charge you way more every month, plus additional fees for every single transaction…
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This Calls for a *Headdesk*
Yup. It sure does. Shit that isn’t working for me right now: Stupid Visa application – I have to send in tax documents of all things just to get a damn card. What a fracking pain, those are with my parents. They better give me a damn card after this. Unending uploading – I installed…
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The Quest for the Perfect Website
Ugh, this is the 3rd time I’m uploading some huge package to my new site. I’m trying to find a decent shopping cart solution so I can actually sell stuff off the site. So far I’ve looked at Volusion Yeah, I think it was a little bit confusing for me. I gave up one day…
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Starting My Business
After another prolonged absence from the intertubes I’ve come back yet again, with developments this time! Most of you regulars out there know that I have been planning to start an online business for some time now (historical posts here and here). Originally I had applied for the Ontario Self Employment Benefit program via the…