Launch Party?

There is just so much to do when launching a business.  My do to list includes: write a business plan, pick a name, have a logo designed, buy the domain name, have a website designed, decide if I'm an LLC or s-corp, register my fictitious name, get my EIN number, articles of incorporation, a bank account, quickbooks, memberships with all of the appropriate associations, subscriptions to all of the appropriate publications, get my company insured and licensed, register with the Bureau of Charitable Organizations (that one was news to me), get business cards made, letterhead and brochures, create an office space in my home, get the word out in the industry, take client meetings, buy supplies....  The list goes on and on and whenever I've crossed one off, two more go on!  I'm trying to keep up my blogging in the process, as well as completing events I'm working on and booking new clients, it's just so much.  Good thing my nickname in college was ricochet rabbit! 

  It is exciting, though, seeing my ideas come to fruition in a logo, a meeting that went better than expected, a potential client wanting to hire me, a friend with some solid advice and support, a colleague with an idea to help me do it better or faster.  It all seems like it's going so smoothly...  yes it feels like a lot of work, but nothing I can't handle.  They say if you're on the right path, it will come easily, well I must be on the right path, then.  I feel so blessed through this process and everywhere I turn, I'm getting the support of a friend or the advice of a mentor.  It's really been so humbling, this experience of making my dream a reality.  I always knew that I would work hard on this, but to see others helping me to make it happen has been the real blessing.  

I think that I'm going to have to throw an a.muse launch party when I'm all set and done to say thank you to everyone who has supported and helped me along the way.  If I only knew a good party planner?