Small business owners, what kind of business do you run?

I run a small laboratory of sorts out of my basement.

Liberals don't know how to run businesses.

1. Look into the SBA.gov. A lot of govt services purchase video/audio production services. Get a Sam# and see if you are qualified for any certifications, like woman owned, minority owned, vet owned, HUBzone, etc... that could help you win or subcontract on bids. After that, or during it if you need help filling out the paperwork, get one of the sites like winbidspro.com, to help you search open bids for production work.

2. Sales and Marketing aren't the same thing. Come up with a plan to market, and there are companies out there who can even help you target market in social media and professional associations.

3. Think about depreciation before buying most of that production equipment. It's often better to lease it, than it is to own, store, insure, upgrade, replace it.

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I own the minority stake in a fencing company. The majority owner is looking to retire in 3-4 years, at which point I'll own it outright.

Be prepared to work a lot of hours if you want to be successful. I got in about 6 months ago and it's made me question my sanity, but it's worth it at the end of most days.

Online software sales as a moonlighting job, so I'm not sure I have any advice that would be helpful for what you're doing other than pretty basic stuff:

Get an LLC to protect your personal property from lawsuits. LegalZoom will set you up for (when I did it) $65.

If you work alone and do any sort of online payments, get a 3rd party payment processor to handle it. Far less headaches and you don't have to worry about fraud protection, etc.