Initially I thought starting a business was simply just collecting jobs online through social media, but there's a lot I've had to set up, so that the business can be a standard, professional entity 😎.

First off, I knew I needed my own website, how would I explain that I built websites for clients if I don't even have one 😂. I tried buying a domain name with my Naira card at the time, but since it was banned, I had to hop from one frustrating fintech app to the other trying to get my KYC done for a virtual usd card, until grey came through. Haew 😫

So I bought https://bkyd.studio and built a website for @bkydstudios.

After that, I needed a professional email.

Initially, I wanted to skip this and go for a simple WhatsApp chat link instead, since that's our preferred app for communication, but I didn't want to look like an amateur 🤨 so I got a domain email from Google Workspace, and I won't lie it's worth it.

For most of my admin work, I've been using some free tools but when I needed to have a contract signed with a client, I subscribed to DocuSign for their digital signatures. This tool actually gave me some peace of mind, as my previous jobs were closed on proposals without any signatures, just good faith 😅.

Now I sign all my contracts, so that they are legally binding.

There was even a design portfolio I needed to build with Webflow, God such an unfriendly software to broke people 😭. Their free plan takes away your freedom, they limit the number of pages you can create and prevent you from transferring the website to your client.

Omoh I didn't plan for that bill sha, but the show must go on 😂✊

So I had to upgrade the account to a Workspace plan to finish up the job. Although Webflow is quite pricey compared to traditional hosting, my experience working with it was wonderful. I will use more of it for client marketing websites, because of the level of creativity it enables.
// videos of nifemi website

Lastly I registered the business with the government at CAC so that I can get a corporate bank account. This is still underway sha
// cac certificate

All these took me a while though, and most of my delays were from card issues, but I'm happy I've finally laid this foundation. From here on operations can scale smoothly 🚀.

And this is just the setup, omoh.
// (Screams in recurring bills)