What is needed to organize a service type of business? I'll hire a few contractors and do the marketing?

and answering calls, scheduling and ensure they are paid. What should I do. I will use my home office and will supply their own tools and be contractors. What do I need in my office. Telephone, fax, copier, calendar, invoices, envelopes. Sounds simple, what am I forgetting. I need a way to keep track of customers and have never used a computer to do it. Is that the best way? or is it okay to use a notebook? Thanks as you can say I am very new to all this.

You should get some accounting software such as QuickBooks, you must obtain liability insurance, what you need for a business phone number, you must also get your own series with a website and email address of your own domain. The quickest way to do is go to the Yahoo small businesses choose a domain name and sign one of their packages. It is the cheapest domain registration / email / web combo I've seen. Very important, go find a CPA to use for your taxes, and as an accounting consultant

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