Entrepreneur ....getting started!

Howdy, all!  Here I go again, trying to get a small web development business off the ground.  I have been doing Intranets for a couple of years with my current company but I want to start doing some "on the side" development for myself.  I'm planning to start with some small site/page development first and work up from there.  

I do not plan to do any hosting yet, as I don't have a server, but that's in the wings for future possibilities.  I am very confident in my ability to provide quality to a customer, but have no idea how to convey that and how to get started.

Can anyone suggest good resources that would get me started?  I am looking for all (pertinent) information I can find, such as:

- How do I get my business registered, licensed, filed, etc.  All that government stuff?
- What should my portfolio look like?
- what are customers really looking for?
- What's the best/most cost efficient way to get my company out there?

..and, last but not least...
- What should I be charging per page/site for development?  I haven't done this for anyone but my company before and I am salaried there so I have no clue!

Answers to all of these questions that, I'm sure any "entrepreneur on the move" would need to know, would be greatly appreciated.  

Thanks for all of you for your help in the past, present, and future.  You are truely a great bunch of people that I am proud to be associated with.

Damon
mophwade(at)aol.com

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