The first thing I did was attend a small business workshop at Street Ryan in Darwin.  This was invaluable to me and I really appreciated the information that was provided in the workshop.

Funnily enough, my brother, Jim, works for Street Ryan in Melbourne.  I guess that's why I had such confidence that the workshop would be worth attending.

I'd been to a seminar on intellectual property so I wanted to come up with a business name that I could trademark.  I also wanted to be able to get the domain name.  My mother calls me Kate or Katy when she's happy with me (Katherine when she's not!) so I came up with a variation - Kayte.  I pronounce it Kate, but several people have pronounced it Katy, so I guess I managed to get both versions in there.

Once I had the business name registered it was all a matter of getting the rest organised - the business plan, the website, the marketing material etc.  There's a lot involved.  I've finally managed to get the website together, hosting organised, and so on.  I've built a couple of client sites in the NT and am hoping to continue this work in Melbourne.

Anyway, it's a lot of fun and it's paying for my laptop.  Ok, the real reason for starting the business was so that I could buy myself a laptop!  I admit it.  But it's still a lot of fun.  And I've learned heaps about web design.   In fact, I've collected some good links on the topic.

I don't have them on my business site though - don't want people to come there and decide that they no longer need my invaluable advice.  :)