Almost Official

I spent some of my Monday maneuvering around the County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office. Apparently there are profit opportunities for random people trying to guide uninitiated aspiring small businesses owners. It took me a while to figure this out. Apparently, people representing local publications such as the local news paper are loitering around the Registrar/Recorder’s office looking to solicit their free advice in exchange for the opportunity to publish the aspiring small business owner’s business advertisement. To file a DBA (doing business as), the business owner must file an advertisement in a local publication alerting the public that the owner is doing business as “XYZ.”

To the dismay of all those random people floating around trying to catch my attention and book my ad revenue needs, I personally walked my needs to the Pasadena Weekly office.

But before I visited the Pasadena Weekly office, I tried to file the paperwork needed for a local business license. I’m “happy” to report that the Pasadena websites are relatively out of date. The business license office is incorrectly listed on the website. However, I had an extremely pleasant experience trying to file the application. The person behind the counter suggested I file the application after 9/1. Doing so, saves me $40 bucks. Thank you guy with multiple eye-glasses. You were very friendly with the information.

I’m officially doing business as Café Soleil Images. I need to finish up that Pasadena business license application and I'll be completely official. Thank you very much for your future patronage. I now need to adjust my existing URL a bit.