Need /Want name help

[Tattoo Bradley]

Kudzu is an invasive non-native weed that was introduced to the south to control erosion in the 1930s or 40s. It's damned near impossible to destroy or control. It's taken over huge portions of the south and is quickly working its way north, killing all native plant species in its path and destroying habitat for native wildlife. It's NOT a positive thing.

Sounds like our "mesquite" bushes. Bleh.

[Fearnest]

Sounds like our "mesquite" bushes. Bleh.

I've lived in your part of the country, too - but the kudzu is truly nasty stuff... in prime conditions it can grow more than a foot in length in a day. It gets up into trees and essentially chokes them to death. Not pleasant when it wraps up your house, either.

About the only way to begin to control it is with a combination of super herbicides and mechanical action (cutting, burning, and digging). Even that's not foolproof.

[canawler]

PA and MD have something similar called Mile-a-minute vine. And yes, it grows really, really fast.

[wsk]

If you use a name pegged to a location like Carolina, or even kudzu, you're pretty much stuck. What if you move?

If you use your name you can take it with you where ever you go.

And, what if you decide you want to branch out into some other field? What are you going to do? start another company? with a new name? That's too much like work.

I'm not going to presume to suggest names - you'll have to do that - but I do think that whatever name you choose should be something that isn't specific to any location or any occupation. If you need a business "name" for a specific service or product, consider a DBA.

Get tax and legal advice from a real accountant and a real attorney before you form your company. There may be liability and tax benefits from forming your company as a corporation or as an LLC - chief among these is that these corporate entities can shield your personal assets from the litigious should your company ever be sued.

If you are going to start a business, do it with the goal of making money and move toward that goal. If the IRS decides that what you do is simply a hobby, the tax benefits will evaporate as your wallet melts to pay the back taxes, fines, and penalties.

A business plan is good.

Don't know why I'm thinking of it but there used to be a sign in southwestern Colorado - one of those little towns on highway US666 (now renumbered US491) - that quoted the Bible: "The wages of sin is death" (we used to argue about whether that sentence is grammatically correct).

So, the wages of sin is trousers.