In Bid'ness

So, I've been working for the past month or so on getting my one-man business planned, formalized, and well, in business. Been learning about the kind of stuff I never imagined I'd need to know: LLCs, C Corporations, Sole Proprietorships, DBAs, Tax Law, Accounting, the works. Good grief. Well, learning about it as in I mostly know what these things are now. It's a start. I'm actually learning to use QuickBooks, and I like it. I've been researching trade names, working on a logo, reading sample business plans, and still it's all seemed fairly surreal. That is, until a large flat package arrived for me recently. A little something from Merchants Bank of VT.

The giant checkbook.

You know the one. Business envelope-sized checks, three on a page, all bound up in a fancy, faux-cardboard binder the size of my high school yearbook.

Wow. I'm really doing this. The giant checkbook has made it real. Now, if only the giant checkbook could create a marketing plan for me. Hmm...