Picking Up Where You Left | Girl Boss

Guys ... moving your business SUCKS.

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I'm serious.

My business is also an LLC - a corporation, so in my opinion, it was even more difficult to move it from North Carolina to Texas.

I don't mean literally picking it up and moving it, I mean legally ... the paperwork involved. It blew majorly.

So because I'm not a lawyer ... that's my disclaimer ... as I was reading the mambo-jambo fine print of taxes and LLCs and whatever, I discovered that it would cost more to transfer my LLC from NC to TX than it would to close in NC and reopen in TX.

I know ... me even writing that out in layman terms was confusing.

Basically if I brought my NC LLC to TX, it would be treated as a foreign entity and I would not only have today takes in Texas, I'd also have to pay in North Carolina.

What the what?! 

I know right?

Because of that, I decided to legally close my NC business and reopen a TX one.

Even though it's still the same business.

I was worried that it would effect my credibility going from a business that was open since 2010 to a business opened in 2016. BUT ... now this is where my advice plays into this entire post ... I decided to go to the El Paso Chamber of Commerce and ask them how to go about this.

They set me up with a business mentor here in El Paso who's and business owner and qualified to give other small business owners advice. After speaking with him, I realized that I'm actually not as dumb as I thought I was one this. What he suggested was the same thing I had already put into play.

And guess what? My business is still considered opened in 2010 ... it was just, in all reality, closed for 3 months, while I moved. No credibility of long term business was lost!

I was good.

He also suggested online links and other personnel to help me get the information I needed to ensure my business was set up properly and most importantly, legally.

Each state has different rules on taxes, permits, licenses, and what not. I strongly suggest you stopping by your chamber of commerce to get the help you need. They will also have the contact information for any small business organizations that will help you out as you go.

Because of them, I was able to pretty much set up my business within 2 months. (it was a little slow because I was more focused on unpacking the house and ensuring it was ready for the kids).

And now for the next part of "the suck" of moving a business.

Clientele.

This is a hard one. It took me years to get the clientele I wanted in North Carolina. I don't have that many years here to grab them. I only have about three years here. It took me three years in North Carolina to get the clients I wanted.

So what does that mean?

That means I have to hustle! 

I reached out to like-minded people here in El Paso, trying to network and find a community that supports small business owners. This is a slippery-slope because many in my profession don't want to help each other out and they're out for blood.

Life of a creative.

However, I have been really lucky lately and found some great business owner "friends" to reach out to and receive the support I needed. As I give back to them as well.

What's the saying?

"Those who want to see others succeed, also succeed in life."

Or something like that.

As I learn more about moving a business, I'll share with you in this series. If you have any tips or comments, please share with me and the other readers!

Shit, if it makes this whole moving thing easier, why not right?!

Good luck y'all!

Life is best lived with just a hint of sarcasm | My Hot Mess

Wouldn't it be awesome if we could just believe in luck and fate and be happy? Life would be simpler and more enjoyable, wouldn't it? Lucky rabbits' feet and shiny horse shoes and four leaf clovers would rule the world. Our fate would be written by the stars and we'd accept life as we saw it and nothing more. Simple. Happy.

AND
                              SO
                                                        BORING!

Choice. Challenge. Failure. Stubbornness. And just a hint of sarcasm make the world go round. What would have happened if Columbus accepted that the world was flat?? What would happen if Newton never challenged why that apple fell? What if Edison said, "F-it. I give up and accept that my fate is to not contain electricity." We'd be a sad, sad bunch of barbarians, stumbling around in the dark, scratching our butts. 

Accept the challenges in your life. Yeah, it may suck for right now, but embrace the suck. Dust off the dirt. And aim to do better. 

No, it's not easy. Not at all. Shit, I struggle with this minute to minute of my day since I live with an emotional 8-year-old who has behavior issues that steam from the power struggle the two of us strive to win. Yeah. It sucks. I don't want to argue with him. Yeah, I'd love to go one day - hell, one hour, without raising my voice. Sure, it'd be nice to have a child who doesn't question my every move.

WHAT FUN IS THAT? 

How do we become better with out that struggle? That challenge? 

But Shari ... how DO I embrace that struggle? How do I get through the day without punching someone in the face?

Just
a
hint
of 
sarcasm.

"Oh because that's sooooo easy to do Shari. Lemme go ahead and hop on my fucking rainbow of sunshine and sprinkle the fairy dust that I stole from a smiling, sprinkle-infested unicorn on the side of the road. Whom also happened to have a drunken leprechaun on her back who gave me a swig of his magic juice that took me on the highest trip of my life."

See? You're doing it right now. 

Made you smile right? No, you don't have to say the sarcastic response you have out loud -- because face it, you may end up with the black eye or fired or divorced or on the most wanted poster. (and no one looks good on those posters.)

But it gave you a moment to not think of the challenge and made you smile. It gave you a timeout and a breather. Rejuvenated you and now you're ready to charge at full steam at that challenge.

PUT ME BACK IN THE GAME COACH!