Everything You Need to Start a Business in Alabama

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Below is a non-exhaustive list of everything you need to start a business in Alabama:

Everything You Need to Start a Business in Alabama

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 A Problem customers face

 An Idea that solves that problem

 A Solution you can provide

 A Patent to protect the Solution

 A Business Model to implement the Idea

 A Legal Entity to protect the Business Model

 Tax ID Numbers to identify the Legal Entity

 A Trademark Search to survey the landscape

 Financing to fund the Business Model

 Partners to share the work

 An Operating Agreement to set expectations between the Partners

 Business Licenses to allow the Legal Entity to operate

 A Process to provide the Solution

 A Confidentiality Agreement to define and protect the Process

 Employees to conduct the Process

 An Employment Agreement to allow Employees access to the Process

 An Employee Handbook to address questions Employees have

 Vendors to supply components for the Solution

 A Vendor Agreement to set expectations with the Vendors

 A Trademark to identify the Solution to the public

 A Trademark Registration to protect the Trademark

 A Buy-Sell Agreement to transfer the Idea to a Partner

 An Exit Strategy to transfer the Idea to someone else

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