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On paper, this was a fact on December 17th, 2007. I am the proud owner of a sole-member LLC through the state of Delaware.

But now, after having thought about it for about a month, it really really hit me: I own a company. After months and months of reading and learning… I did it.

But enough of resting on my laurels (I did so about 5 seconds)… I have taxes to worry about. I have costs and profits (no profits yet, but hopefully profits more so than costs in the future) to project. I might soon be having actual employees, to whom I will pay nothing because I have nothing to give them: Just baskets of hope, and an awesome rollercoaster ride of a good time.

Heck, I might end up founding yet another company with the project I’m working on.

What Do You Do?

“Internet Application Development” is what I told Uncle Sam.

No, I’m not just going to “manage”. But alas, I love the business side. I love the numbers, the rules, the forms… it’s like a perfectionist’s dream.

At the same time, I love the art of programming… of diving deep into the sea of code, manipulating the bits, the lines of code to get something useful out of the electrons.

Basically, my goal is to be the ultimate technical manager possible. Tech first, than manager. This is extremely important to me.

Yes, I’m sure you know that we’re working on a project. But in case that doesn’t go well, there are other things coming in the pipeline for HanMeta. For one, I hope to start up another blog with more of a web development/business focus… not so technical as I get here with some of the nerdier things, but maybe even a chronicle of how things are coming along at HanMeta. Another, maybe possibly restart that freelancing/consulting side of my life I stopped a couple months back.

So What?

The reason why I write this is because I needed a summary of the situation for me. I was having a real hard time dealing with how I should continue with the project HanMeta is working on. I was so caught up with the roadblocks of keeping the company aligned with the rules and regulations of this fine country to realize a little too late (or maybe it was just the right moment…?) that I need to get back to programming.

With this blog post, I hope to cement the title of this entry in my head.

I am Founder. I am CEO. I am Developer.

Now time to be one.

This post is way over due. Got it in just before midnight, w00t.

HanMeta, LLC: What the heck are you talking about?

I guess not everyone’s is on the down low.

It’s been about a year since I’ve had a dream of starting a web application company. While I’m not going to go into detail as to the why right now, I can finally cross that off the list. Well… I guess I won’t really have one until the actual service is out in the open.

Hopefully, I’ll find the time to blog as I manage/develop it. I love reading blogs like The Scariest Fun : notes from a web startup, where companies go into great detail about the pains and joys of starting, not just any company but, a web application company. Heck, they do Rails, too!

Formation of the LLC

Many weeks and months of research came down to picking The Corporation Company to help me make the LLC. Hooray for Delaware, and lax laws towards corporations. I went with the most expensive plan, because the $100 price difference isn’t all that much. Registered Agent service is going to be $219 a year, and just by the additional 6 months makes up for that cost. Plus, all the extra books I received makes it all worthwhile.

Nolo Books 1

Nolo Books 2

It’s a good thing, too, because nolo.com has been a site I frequented for months trying to figure things out. But as with The Corporation Company, I’ll keep you updated with any good or bad reviews.

Membership Certificate

Hmm. I guess I’ll hand these out when HanMeta becomes a multi-member LLC.

Emboss THIS

Embosser? Hah. Time to just start randomly embossing things…

I’m glad all of this has been taken care of. At least, on paper. I sent in the EIN information recently; I think that ends most of the paperwork. For some reason, this business stuff is kinda fun. Maybe I won’t be saying that when taxes are due in 2007.

What Who When?

So a little bit more about the actual company.

Currently, it’s 5 people, all friends of mine. Lot of groundwork has been placed, and really, it’s time to code. I might end up coding less than I would like, but I do like the management aspect of web application development, anyway.

Well. Here’s to an interesting journey in ‘08.

Josh Kim dot Org