Hello, all!
I am starting a business with my handmade goods, and want to share the process and my thoughts/randomness along the way. :)
I just registered my business as a sole proprietorship yesterday, and I'm psyched! When you register a Doing Business As name in Chicago -- in which mine is EmyJJ -- you need to have a notice published in a local weekly newspaper once a week for three weeks. (Which is a little freaky, since I do my work out of a spare room in my apartment. Nothing like broadcasting who I am and where I live! Oh well. I brazenly carry pepper spray.) Anyway, then I have to prove that it was published to the Cook County Clerk. THEN my certificate is on the way! (I will later register with the state and IRS.)
Along with researching how to start a small business, there's a bit of paperwork to do. But filling out forms has never been so fun! Having my own business has always been my dream, and I'm finally doing it! Woo hoo!
