Go online and find out exactly what is required to start a business in your country. I'm in Australia, so I searched: 'starting a company in Australia', which brought me here: http://asic.gov.au/for-business/starting-a-company/how-to-start-a-company/ At this point I wasn't confident that I was making the correct choices, so I went to my local accountant and paid them to establish the company for me. [...]