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Get the first steps of starting a business in the right order
You're about to start trading and there's a fog of registering, bank accounts, insurance and names. Get a short, ordered checklist for your situation, with the GOV.UK page for each step.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me with the first steps of starting my business. The business: [what you'll do] How I'll trade: [sole trader, limited company, not sure] Start date: [when] Staff, premises, online selling: [details] Food, alcohol, childcare or other regulated work: [details] First ask me up to 5 short questions. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Look up GOV.UK's guide to setting up a business and name it. 2. An ordered checklist split into must-do before trading, should-do in the first month and can-wait, each with the official page. 3. Deadlines that start once I begin trading. 4. Questions to ask an accountant at the start. Not legal or tax advice. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. For GOV.UK's guide to setting up a business, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. what you'll do: a short note you already have. sole trader, limited company, not sure: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Gemini
Help me with the first steps of starting my business. The business: [what you'll do] How I'll trade: [sole trader, limited company, not sure] Start date: [when] Staff, premises, online selling: [details] Food, alcohol, childcare or other regulated work: [details] First ask me up to 5 short questions. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Look up GOV.UK's guide to setting up a business and name it. 2. An ordered checklist split into must-do before trading, should-do in the first month and can-wait, each with the official page. 3. Deadlines that start once I begin trading. 4. Questions to ask an accountant at the start. Not legal or tax advice. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. For GOV.UK's guide to setting up a business, use Google Search and name the page you used. Stay in this Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. what you'll do: a short note you already have. sole trader, limited company, not sure: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You describe the business, how you'll trade and when you want to start.
The assistant asks whether you'll have staff, premises or sell online.
You get an ordered checklist split into must-do, should-do and can-wait, each with the official page.
What happens
Use Gemini to get the first steps of starting a business in the right order
You're about to start trading and there's a fog of registering, bank accounts, insurance and names. Get a short, ordered checklist for your situation, with the GOV.UK page for each step.
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