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Getting Started

With your idea set, get started on building your business.

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Structure your business

Understand the different types of business structures and choose the best one for you.

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Permits and licenses

Get the right permits and licenses based on your location and food business type.

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Operations

Determine how to run the ins and outs of your business from point of sale to hiring.

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Professional services

Determine how to run the ins and outs of your business from legal to marketing.

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Getting Started

Open Access is an initiative of Food & Society at the Aspen Institute, with support generously provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (the views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation). The portal structure was inspired by the business portal projects designed and built by Code for America and Long Beach i-team, and the template content was modeled on and drawn from the Franklin County Food Business Portal, Minneapolis Small Business portal, and the Long Beach i-team portal.