So You Want to Start a Trucking Company: You are NOT a Truck Driver You're a Business Owner!
- Boss Lady
- Nov 15, 2019
- 2 min read
Take a moment and think back to the time when you made the decision to be a entrepreneur. It was exciting, invigorating, life changing and, humbling. You had dreams, goals, direction and vision. Let’s talk about a few things that can help you with that!
Business Credit!
Your a new brand with a fresh face and tons of ambition. To you your the best company to ever do it to everyone else your Fresh-meat Logistics, especially to creditors. As a new logistics company expansion is always the goal. Adding more trucks, adding owner ops to your dispatch agency, hiring drivers or dispatchers to help scale your business we could go on for days! This takes capitol which your just starting to generate. These next four steps will help you use OPM (other peoples money) to scale your business!
1. Setup a Virtual Address - Do this first! Before you file your LLC, NEVER associate your business with your residence.
2. Business Phone #: You want your company to be legit, its own entity when filing for your DUNS # they will research everything! You don’t want your business number showing as a personal cell.
3. Purchase your Domain- There are many useful sites where you can purchase your domain for $12/yr this will be important for your company email.
4. Business Email- Having a @gmail.com account is ok but when other businesses and creditors are checking into your business it can make your company appear to be less credible.
After these steps establish your organization with the business information from above. After that you can obtain your DUNS # and your on your way to establishing business credit without having a personal guarantor and achieving your dreams faster than you imagined!!
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