[Jewelry making - Article 01386] - Re: [Orchid] Starting Business from Home

[James White]

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>         You register your business name with the state, not your town.
>      I'm 

    This, I believe, is entirely dependent on where you are. In my state
    (Michigan) you register your DBA name with the county (you
    incorporate with the state) and they check it against and put it
    instantly into a state database-----but they can happily register 2
    or 3 or whatever number of business DBAs with the exact same (and/or
    a very similar) name as long as it doesn't appear that consumers will
    be confused. When I lived in Washington, DC the city registered names
    (but, of course, that's a special case). 

    I always STRONGLY recommend you find out what the rules are that
    apply to you then follow them. What most "codes" want to stop is a
    lot of business traffic in residential areas and I suspect most these
    days heavily lean toward rather than against "home" workers and
    businesses. And if you don't bother to find out what the rules are
    and instead just try to stay under the radar you're probably far more
    likely to shoot yourself in the foot (i.e., foregone profits) than
    you are to be limited (or stopped) by the rules. If you are stopped
    by the rules then MOVE, vote with your feet----governments DO notice. 

James E. White
Inventor, Marketer, and Author of "Will It Sell? How to Determine If
Your Invention Is Profitably Marketable (Before Wasting Money on a
Patent)"  Info Sites:   www.willitsell.com    www.inventorhome.com,
www.idearights.com www.taletyano.com www.booksforinventors.com

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