Jun 29, 2011 1 min read

Starting my Micro ISV - General Setup

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.

A couple of weeks ago I opened Octopus to private beta, and now the betas are available for public download. As well as working on the technology, I've also spent a lot of time on the general business set up.

Registered Stovell Software Pty. Ltd. using eCompanies
Registered an ABN (75 151 504 095) and for a company TFN
Book keeping with Saasu
Business bank account with the Commonwealth Bank
Set up a PayPal business account
Registered the domains (OctopusDeploy.com and StovellSoftware.com.au, plus variants)
Discussion board/KB with Tender at help.octopusdeploy.com
Email hosting with Google Apps
Cloud server hosting with Ninefold
Mercurial source code hosting with Kiln
Task tracking with AgileZen
Continuous integration with TeamCity

So far the business is operating at a loss of $840. The only way to go is up (or further down)!

Though I'm sure I'll grow tired of it, I've found the general admin side of things quite interesting so far. I actually went to sleep one night reading the business activity statement instructions guide. Adventures ahead.

Hello, I'm Paul Stovell

I'm a Brisbane-based software developer, and founder of Octopus Deploy, a DevOps automation software company. This is my personal blog where I write about my journey with Octopus and software development.

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