Don’t forget when starting your own business

Organizations are increasingly working from the cloud. The pandemic is one of the drivers of this. Employees have started working from home en masse, with consultations being held digitally. Customers are also more often provided with digital help. As a starting entrepreneur, there are several factors to take into account. For example, a website is indispensable nowadays, if you want to be able to work on projects independently of a location, and so on. Simple preparations make you a real digital nomad as an entrepreneur! Please note, this is logically only possible for business service providers, who do not produce physical products themselves.

Developing a website for your company
A website is indispensable in today’s time. Consumers use websites to compare different parties, to purchase products online, and so on. Building a website starts with registering a domain name and purchasing a hosting package. Make sure the domain name is short and sweet. A consumer must be able to easily recognize and share these. It is important that the domain name tells what your company offers. Fill the website with content that has value for the customer. There is a problem to be solved.

Work from the cloud as an entrepreneur
As a starting entrepreneur, you want to properly set up the digital infrastructure of your company right away. Prevent the loss of crucial files during a computer crash by working directly from the cloud. Cloud storage is offered by more and more parties at an increasingly lower price. It is cheaper than buying a physical hard drive, with the risk that such a hard drive can break down, be stolen or, for example, lost in the event of water damage or a fire. When renting cloud storage, it is important to secure this properly. You want to prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your documents.

Set up your accounting with an online tool
Finally, it is important to set up your company’s bookkeeping correctly immediately. This is easiest when you use an online tool for it. There are various tools available online. It is desirable to have a link with the website of the tax authorities, a link with your bank account for the automatic import of transactions, and so on. These tools run entirely from the cloud, you don’t have to install them on your laptop. The chance of data loss is therefore also very small in your accounting.

This article was created in collaboration with transip.nl