Completely outside the business of what people like to eat in your area is the business and financial end of it. Have you got a Small Business Administration (SBA) office near you? How about a group of local retired/active business owners and operators, who lend advice and assistance to small startup companies. Do you have accounting/bookkeeping experience or have somebody you can trust to do these tasks? You'll need to get with a lawyer, well versed in Business Law, to see about your incorporation papers and what type of "company" it will be, all the hoops to jump through for business licenses. You'll need to get with your State Taxation authority to "discover" the tons of paperwork involved in just the monthly reports, taxes due. Of course, then you have to get with the State and Fed's for employee withholdings, etc, etc, etc. And that my friend is just the barest tip of the iceberg. Let's talk about the Health Departments: local, county, State and Federal. The major money items you can see coming at you, it's those little 150. - 300. bills that sneak up and kill you.
You've got a couple of years to sort it all out.
Been there, done that, and still paying off some of the bills, and the wife and I were just a Mom and Pop Loan Company.
Oh, and one more thing: I've noticed that SMF has several members who've been in the business end of what you're interested in doing. You might PM them and get some of the "business" information sorted out.
You've got a couple of years to sort it all out.
Been there, done that, and still paying off some of the bills, and the wife and I were just a Mom and Pop Loan Company.
Oh, and one more thing: I've noticed that SMF has several members who've been in the business end of what you're interested in doing. You might PM them and get some of the "business" information sorted out.