Clear next steps
Simple checklists and starter materials that help you move without guessing what to do first.
About Starter Business Kit
Practical help for turning your service into a business customers can trust.
Starter Business Kit exists for the early part of launching, when you know the work you can do but need help turning it into clear services, customer-ready materials, and a website that makes your business feel real.
Nick DeRose
Founder of Starter Business Kit, created to help local service businesses get organized and online.
Let's get you off the ground
You don't not need to become a marketing expert just to start serving customers.
I built Starter Business Kit because the first steps of a service business are often harder than they should be. You may already know how to clean homes, groom pets, detail cars, plan events, or handle odd jobs. The missing piece is usually packaging that skill into something customers can understand, trust, and act on.
Business basics
Help organizing your services, pricing, forms, customer questions, and first website content.
A useful website
A practical online presence that explains what you do and gives customers an easy way to reach out.
Why Local Service Businesses
Starting a local business should feel possible before it feels perfect.
As a local service business owner, you do not need a complicated startup playbook. You need the basics to be clear: what you offer, who you serve, what it costs, how customers can request help, and why someone nearby should trust you.
Starter Business Kit is here to help you get past the blank-page stage with templates, planning tools, and websites that turn your trade, skill, or service into something customers can understand quickly.
The goal is to help you move from "I have an idea" to "I have a real business presence." A simple, useful website can help you look prepared, answer customer questions, and create a path to your first quote request or booking.
What You Get
The goal is a confident launch, not a pile of busywork.
Starter Business Kit combines free industry-specific resources with website packages for service business owners who want a professional online presence without getting buried in decisions.
Make the first version of your business feel clear, credible, and ready for real customers.
Turn your services, pricing, forms, and customer questions into a website people can trust.
Give you practical tools you can use right away instead of vague startup advice.