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Startup Professionals, Inc.

Products Designed Specifically for Stage 2

INCORPORATE A BUSINESS

• Startup Professionals will incorporate your business for you as an S-Corp (Subchapter S) or LLC in the state of your choice.
• Complete an Internet domain name search on the business names you are considering.  With your approval, we will formally register the selected name. 
• Manage the application for an EIN (Employer Identification Number).
• Manage the application for a business license to operate your business, where that is required. 

$1000.00

The STARTUP Stage begins the transition of the company into a legal entity with product development, patent filing and/or, as soon as possible thereafter, a real customer. 

A different management style and focus must be implemented.  This first shift in style is needed to begin following a plan, and dealing with other complexities that start to build with your product development efforts.  It is not likely that you really have your "secret sauce" down yet, as you are still experimenting with what the market and customers want, how much they will pay for it and how to get to the customer for an efficient sales and marketing plan and process that can generate a profit.

Time can become the enemy at this stage as a real burn rate is established, which might grow.  Typically the senior executives still not paid and are wearing many hats at this stage. There is much leverage in a quality, experienced management team to shorten this part of the corporate life cycle and to limit the burn of capital by taking every opportunity to save costs.

The key to success is being adaptable to the real world cost realities  and quickly identifying what customers will pay for what you can deliver as quickly as possible. There is trial and error happening daily, and yet keeping up the front that you know what you are doing can be a challenge.  Follow an iterative process that will hone in on the minimum product required, market niche, target customers and value proposition that will support the business with real revenue quickly.

Company Startup Stage of Development - Stage 2 - Startup

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PATENT SEARCH SERVICE

 

If you have a new idea for a product you will need to protect your idea with a patent. Patent protection will only be available if your idea is unique and innovative.

 

Startup Professionals will search all available patent online databases to see if your idea has already appeared in a patent application. 

 

Results and recommendations will be documented with up to 5 references to support the conclusion.  (Call us for a quote on full Patent Filing Service...)

 

$500.00