I want to start a business

From idea to open door

Six lessons, in the order the numbers come. Do them before the logo.

1. Lesson 1
   Who pays you, and for what

   A business is somebody paying you for something.

2. Lesson 2
   Break even, with your own pay in it

   Fixed costs are what you pay whether you sell anything or not.

3. Lesson 3
   How many months you have

   Runway is the cash you have divided by what you lose each month.

4. Lesson 4
   The paperwork, as simple as the law allows

   For most first businesses a sole proprietorship or a one person LLC is enough.

5. Lesson 5
   Nobody withholds your taxes now

   When you worked for someone, tax came out before you saw the money.

6. Lesson 6
   The first customer before the logo

   A logo is what people buy when they are afraid to sell.

Each lesson asks for one number, one piece of arithmetic, and one real mission, and keeps your answers on My steps.

Five quick questions before you start mark where you began; the same five after show what the road did.