Business

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Setup

• Gov.uk: Choose a legal structure for a new business

• https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/registration/newbusiness

• http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm.htm - trademark

Business plan

• https://www.gov.uk/write-business-plan
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2943252.stm
• http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/enterprise_programme/help_with_your_business_plan.aspx
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/small-business-network/2012/jul/06/business-plan-writing-tips

• Writing a Business Plan : Startup Ideas - Sequoia Capital

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_proposition
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_selling_proposition

Sole Trader

• https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader

• http://www.smarta.com/advice/starting-up/starting-your-own-business/what-is-a-sole-trader

• http://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractors_rarely_operate_sole_traders.aspx

Limited Company

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_formation
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_company_law

• http://www.contractoruk.com/limited_companies/

• https://www.gov.uk/limited-company-formation/overview
• How to: register a company in the UK

• Companies House
  • http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/gbhtml/gbf1.shtml
  • Company Registration

You must set up the company with Companies House and let HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) know when the company starts business activities.

Every financial year, the company must:

• put together statutory accounts
• send Companies House an annual return
• send HMRC a Company Tax Return

The company must register for VAT if you expect its takings to be more than £77,000 a year.

If you’re a director of a limited company, you must:

• fill in a Self Assessment tax return every year
• pay tax and National Insurance through the PAYE system if the company pays you a salary

Social Enterprise

• http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/
• http://www.socialenterprisescotland.org.uk/

• http://www.senscot.net/

Corporate

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_title

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_partnership

Work

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_design
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_administrator
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysop
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_operations
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DevOps

Freelancing

• Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing)
• First month freelancing.
• Freelancing: A 6-Month Retrospective
• The other side of working for yourself
• My first year freelancing [1]

• http://markcampbell.me/tutorial/2013/05/23/how-to-work-remotely.html

• Ask HN: How do you sell yourself as a new freelancer to clients?
• Ask HN: How do you find clients?

• How To Become a Successful Freelance Web Developer (and Not Kill Your Career) [2]

• career.fork() - How To Thrive As A Freelance Developer, book

• How to Freelance and Travel the World: Part 1
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5731198

• Ask HN: My wife needs something to do from home to make money...
• Ask HN: Your best passive income sources?

• Ramit Sethi and Patrick McKenzie on Getting Your First Consulting Client

Contracting

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_contractor
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_company

• http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ir35/index.htm
• http://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractors_ir35_compliant_contracts.aspx

• Contractor UK - home to the UK's IT contracting community
• http://www.contracteye.co.uk/

• http://www.contractoruk.com/first_timers/setting_up_your_contractor_company.html
• https://www.cloud9umbrella.com/Comparisons.aspx

• http://www.differencebetween.net/business/difference-between-freelance-and-contract/
• http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/go-freelance-guide/who-am-i-freelancer-contractor-or-small-business/
• http://www.contractoruk.com/first_timers/why_companies_employ_contractors_a_contractor_s_view.html

• PCG (Professional Contractors Group)

• Public Contracts Scotland
• https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/

Consulting

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consultant

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_consultant

• http://www.sjdaccountancy.com/about/ourservices/difference_between_contractor_and_consultant.html

• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/10-mistakes-that-rookie-it-consultants-make/2693

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5739226

• https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/products_vs_services
• https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/services_vs_products

• http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/b2ows/so_you_want_to_be_a_consultant/c0knerx
• http://unixwiz.net/techtips/be-consultant.html?p=np

Proposals

• http://www.freelancer.co.uk/jobs/proposal-bid-writing/

• http://www.attendly.com/freelance-how-to-write-a-proposal/
• http://freelanceswitch.com/the-business-of-freelancing/writing-proposals/
• http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2012/02/9-elements-of-a-great-writing-proposal/

CV

• Resumonk - cv creation service

• Why won’t anyone talk to me? What recruiters look for in a resume

Cards

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_card

(UK)
Bleed size: 91 × 61 mm (3.58 × 2.40 in) - 6mm
Standard cut size: 85 × 55 mm (3.35 × 2.17 in)

(US)
Bleed size: 95.25 × 57.15 mm (3.75 × 2.25 in) (1⁄8 in bleeds)
Standard cut size: 89 × 51 mm (3.5 × 2 in)

• Battle of the Business Cards - Vistaprint, moo, PsPring, PrintRunner, OvernightPrints

online;

• http://uk.moo.com/partner/flickr-business-cards/
  • 50 for £10.99, 100 for £21.98
• http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/
  • Cheap price, cheap quality
• http://www.surfprint.com/ - 100 for £5
• http://www.puttyprint.co.uk/categories.php?cat=Business+Cards
• http://www.optimalprint.co.uk/business/business-cards

local;

• http://www.edinburghcopyshop.co.uk/
  • 250 for £30 (£40 d/s), 24 hours
• http://www.dupliquick.com/letterhead-business-card.php
  • 250 for £25, 1 day service - single sided, double is double price
• http://www.greenprint.co.uk/business-card.html
  • 250 for £32 (colour front) or £49 (colour both) no b/w offering
• http://www.mbe.co.uk/edinburghsouthbridge/order_print_online.aspx
  • £35/250 (300g) for colour and b/w, £40 for colour/colour, send away £68.36 (400g)
• http://www.printing.com/uk/business-cards
  • 250 from £35

• Print Vision Ltd - print_vision aatt btconnect.com - 0131 661 8855
  • 100 for £18 (£15+vat), (£20+vat laminated)
  • 250 for £30 (£25+vat), (£37+vat laminated)
  • Double sided, double colour
  • PDF w/ 3mm bleed, 85*55, 99*55, 3min, press ready pdf, 300dpi CYMK

Examples

• http://www.inigo.net/ - edinburgh web design

Legal

• Business Insider: Startup Document Center - american

Contracts

• docracy - open legal contract collection and advice
  • http://www.docracy.com/topic/0qw8furvljv/top-legal-documents-for-freelancers?startPdfDownload=false

• https://www.docracy.com/649dkpe7g9/contract-killer-3
• http://www.docracy.com/0rgkbvacolg/independent-contractor-agreement-template?startOnComments=false
• https://www.docracy.com/5598/website-identity-design-contract

• http://www.docracy.com/9jsoij4itk/retainer-agreement

• https://www.docracy.com/4753/form-of-independent-contractor-agreement
• https://www.docracy.com/49/consulting-agreement
• https://www.docracy.com/367/consulting-agreement-for-hourly-work
• https://www.docracy.com/7380/independent-contractor-consultant-agreement

• https://www.docracy.com/3884/contract-of-works-for-web-design
• https://www.docracy.com/0ybo2bbkzaf/web-design-contract
• https://www.docracy.com/0yoo0svlhca/web-design-contract-dsundy-com
• https://www.docracy.com/71l7wi9w3a/web-design-branding-and-web-development-contract-

• https://www.docracy.com/topic/0ys7pdj8ble/designer-contracts?startPdfDownload=false
• https://www.docracy.com/3152/designer-sample-contract
• https://www.docracy.com/5152/short-form-design-contract
• http://www.docracy.com/0y3nkjcmkks/development-agreement-for-hourly-work

• Just pay me.
• http://vimeo.com/22053820

Data Protection

• A summary of the Data Protection Act 1998
• ICO: Need to notify under the Data Protection Act?

Licencing

• TL;DRLegal (Beta) - Lookup any software license shortly summarized in plain English.

• http://www.billthelizard.com/2012/05/which-open-source-license.html

• http://tos-dr.info/

Postal

• http://www.postoffice.co.uk/business
• http://www.royalmail.com/personal/uk-delivery/special-delivery
• http://www.royalmail.com/personal/uk-delivery/signed-for-1st-class
• http://www.royalmail.com/personal/international-delivery/airmail

• http://www.royalmail.com/personal/sending-parcels
• http://www.postoffice.co.uk/international-parcels
• http://www.parcelforce.com/microsite/international-services/globalpriority
• http://www.parcelforce.com/help-information/terms-and-conditions/conditions-carriage

• https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff
• http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageVAT_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000159&propertyType=document

Sales & marketing

• https://strideapp.com/beginners-guide-to-sales/

• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/13/pricing-tables-showcase-examples-and-best-practices/

• http://www.slideshare.net/kissmetrics/ultimate-guide-to-saas-pricing#btnPrevious

• http://www.itdonut.co.uk/it-support-directory/scotland

• A 50-Point Checklist For Creating The Ultimate Landing Page

• http://orangethirty.github.com/marketing_bits/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_collateral
• http://www.noisyzine.co.uk/resources/presspack.pdf

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_presence_management
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Marketing_Collateral

• http://www.peterjthomson.com/2011/06/how-to-choose-tagline-for-tech-startup.html

• Being a Developer Makes You Valuable. Learning How to Market Makes You Dangerous

• Finding Your Voice With the Media: How to Pitch a Journalist

• http://samuelmullen.com/2012/08/the-introverts-networking-survival-guide/

• http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/06/youve-got-a-problem/

• http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2011/08/14/teachable-moments-in-pr-crisis-management/

• https://www.dotdotdot.me/Luke-Meyer/Pitch-Your-Thing-To-Journalists---PR-101

• http://sivers.org/hi

• http://customer.io/learn-to-write-better-emails.html
• https://segment.io/academy/email-is-the-easiest-way-to-improve-retention

• Are “Shameless Plugs” Worth It? Some data

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_strategies_in_advertising

Networking

• http://www.bgateway.com/events?search=Edinburgh

• http://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-Entrepeneurs-Coffee-Success-Club/

• http://steveblank.com/2013/08/12/how-to-get-meetings-with-people-too-busy-to-see-you/

Lifestyle

• http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/is-the-term-lifestyle-business-an-insult/