Starting this week off, one of my friends and I started a pressure washing/odd job business. So to legally start a business, you need to check to see if the name you want is available. So for Florida, you use sunbiz.org. You may have to do some research to find the site in your state. Once we made sure the name was available, we called around to our local newspapers. Call different ones because we paid almost half the price for the one we used compared to the one we originally were going to use. So when starting a business, you must put your fictitious name in the paper. If you call them, they’ll know what you’re talking about. We are currently in the process of filing for a dba. When you file for a dba, google how to set up a dba in your state. That’s the legal steps to setting up a business in our state. These steps vary from state to state.
