In today's presentation we continue our series on how to start a successful business with a look at how to setup your new office.

1. how to setup an office
The fast and efficient way
by FitSmallBusiness.com

2. First, Get An Amazon Prime Account

3. You can get almost everything for your office on
Amazon. If you are a prime member you get free two day
shipping on all items.
The cost at $75 a year is a joke for the amount of
ordering you will do. Sign up here.

4. Make A List Of What You Need

5. Here is a list of the minimun that
any office is going to need:
•Desks
•Chairs
•Computers
•Monitors
•Phones
•General office supplies
•Lighting
•Internet
•Printer
•Scaner

6. Other Things you may consider:
•Pictures for the walls
•Alarm System
•Office Insurance
•Coffee and Tea
•Water Dispenser
•Fax Machine

7. Decide on a Layout

8. Much of the layouts depends on the space you have
chosen, however an open layout is the easiest.
For more pro’s and con’s of the different types of
layouts see this article from Cara Garretson at
PCMag.com

9. Choosing The Products

10. Office Desk
We save a lot of money by
using folding tables for our
desk. You can get it from
Ikea or Amazon for around
$60 including Shipping.

11. You don’t want to skimp on
chairs, since your employees
will be sitting in for most of
the day. Here is an example of
what I use for both my office
and home.
Chairs

12. You will have to decide on:
•Mac or PC?
•Laptops or Desktops?
•The brand and How powerful?
•Operating System?
•New or Refurbished?
Computers

13. We personally like and use Dell
computers, and cover how to
make all the previous desitions
in our article on How to Choose
an Office Computer here.
Computers

14. You can save a lot of money
with an “all in one” machine.
We also recomend and use Dell
machines. The one we like is
the Dell 2355 DN which is
around $430.
Printer/Scanner/Fax

15. If you do not plan on doing
much faxing or scanning you
can simply get a b/w printer.
For faxing and scanning you
can use applications for yourt
smart phone.
We use Jotnot for Scanning
and Kinkos for Faxing.

16. We recomend a fully hosted
system from Vocalocity which
costs around $175 a month for
5 users, with unlimited calling
to US and Canada and call
forwarding
Phone System

17. DSL: The slowest but most
stable
Cable: Faster but less stable.
Fiber: The fastest and the best
We recomend Verizon Fios
(fiber) or AT&T U Verse.
(Find out more here)
Internet

18. If there is a natural light
source make sure is not
blocked. Avoid fluorescent
bulbs and look for full
spectrum light bulbs like these
ones.
Lighting:

19. There is a lot of variety of
options. For a good overview of
some of the good ones at
different prices see this
article from PCWorld.com
Alarm System:

20. You can get it in order to
protect your business from
lawsuits or from natural
disasters. Business Owners
Policy covers both of these
things.
Business Insurance:

21. You should look for an
insurance broker that operates
locally and we recomend
getting quotes from 2 - 3
different providers.
For more see this article.
Business Insurance:

22. Office supplies
For things like pens and envelopes we also use amazon prime since it
has the two day delivery option.
Water
The trick is to obtain quotes from a couple of different providers in
your area as they are often willing to negotiate if they know that
they are competing for your business.

23. Coffee and Tea
We use the hot water dispenser option on our poland spring water
tower to make tea. For coffee we use this.
Artwork for the wall
You can create a more inviting place to work for your employees with
some artwork on your walls. You can also get them from Amazon
with prices from sub $100 to Andy Warhol’s.

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