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How did you start your small business?

I am currently studying for my Associates in Business Administration and work as a manager in a small used bookstore. I have been interested in starting my own business for a while, nothing big just graphic design and marketing services, but get overwhelmed by all of the jargon and excessive steps every website tells you on getting started. 

How complicated was it to start your business, really? Help a gal out? I am located in Missouri if that helps (I know states do business differently).


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Reply by alexaleyy

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It all started in my home office! I began by hosting critical services myself to keep costs low. Before I even launched, I spent a weekend deep in a DNS server management guide to set up a local domain on my Synology NAS. That let me access everything—like my customer portal and database—by name instead of messy IP addresses. Nailing that small tech detail early made scaling up so much smoother!



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Reply by Jess

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