Working with the Fun Stuff - aka Paperwork!

I get asked the following question all the time when I talk to people about CollegeKidApp,

"But Cameron, developing iPhone apps all day sounds like the most boring job in the entire world. Seriously, I'd rather bang my head against concrete for eight hours. When do you get to do something fun? You know, like paperwork?"

It's true, building iPhone applications does suck and sometimes I don't think I could go a whole summer working on this project if it weren't for the exciting paperwork to break up the monotony of blogging, talking to Apple podcasters, tweeting, and e-mailing. I got an extra dose of awesome when we filed out our Certificate of Assumed Business Name.
In all seriousness though, this was a rather painless process and an important step in the process of becoming a legitimate business entity. All we had to do was head down to the County Recorder's office at the local government complex to fill out a few papers, check out a card catalog to make sure CollegeKidApp.com isn't already a local business, and then shell out a few bucks to cover fees. The entire process was literally completed in about 15 minutes, making the whole thing relatively painless.

Our goal throughout the CollegeKidApp process (based off what we've learned so far, but mind you we're not legal experts and you should learn your local laws and regulations yourself when starting a business) is to remain as a general partnership to keep administrative costs low. We'll go more in depth later this summer as we learn more about how this whole business thing works.

So what does this form do for us? By filling out this application, we formally said that we're a couple of guys who are doing work under the name CollegeKidApp.com. We can now use this name to do things like open a bank account or sign a contract. It also keeps other people from taking the name and using it for their own business.

So there is your exciting paperwork blog post for the day. Anything else you read around the site is only going to be related to super boring iPhone app development.