Just registered the company, what to set up on the IT side right away
Domain and mail first. Then accounting. Then website. In that order, because each step feeds the next.
Try this first
- 1Register your domain within 24 hours of registration. Otherwise someone else takes exactly your-company-name.com or .nl.
- 2Put a mailbox on that domain (Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, lowest tier). From that point on, communicate only from there, not from your gmail.
- 3Open a business bank account and link it to an accounting tool. Mixing personal and business accounts equals doing year-end twice.
- 4Create a password manager account and immediately store every new credential: chamber of commerce account, mail, bank, registrar, accounting. Day one is easier than migrating six months later.
- 5Set up a Google Business Profile. Free, ten minutes, and visitors find you in Maps and search.
When to bring us in
Starting in a regulated sector (healthcare, legal, financial) brings extra requirements from day one: GDPR records, professional registration, light ISO 27001. Starter-IT is no longer optional then.
See also
- First IT setup as a freelancer, what do you actually needNot everything at once. One laptop, a mailbox on your own domain, a password manager, a backup. That covers the first year.
- Hiring your first employee, what IT to arrange before day oneLaptop, account, mailbox, access to the right folders. In that order, not all of it at 9 a.m. on day one.
- Moving to a new office, IT checklistInternet and power have the longest lead times. Plan at least three months out, not three weeks.
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