Congratulations on Your New Business.

Now, let's get it ready to open the doors.

Day One Business Essentials

Opening a business is expensive enough. Getting the basics right shouldn't make it worse. QikStarter provides practical essentials sized for a business that's just getting started.

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Professional Website

Give customers a professional place to find you, understand what you do, and know how to contact you.

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Business Phone

Keep business calls separate from personal calls with a dedicated business number on the phone you already carry.

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Bookkeeping

Start with your financial records organized from Day One instead of trying to straighten everything out months later.

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Private Cloud Storage

Your files. Your business. Private. Access your business files anytime, anywhere, without letting big tech titans sell your data.

Starting as low as $199 per month

A one-time setup fee may apply. Includes 5 GB of Private Cloud Storage.

Your QikStarter Services Grow Along With Your Business

Start with a QikStarter-managed private cloud. When your business is ready, move to a QikStarter server on your own home or business network.

Managed

We run it for you. QikStarter hosts and manages the infrastructure so you can use private cloud storage from Day One without buying or maintaining a server.

Assisted

You own it. We help you run it. Purchase your own preconfigured QikStarter server, keep it on your network, and let us help with setup, migration, remote access, and support.

Start on ours. Grow into yours.

Learn More about QikStarter

QikStarter is local. We introduce our services face-to-face, in small group sessions with other people who are starting businesses in the Tampa Bay area.

Join Us at a Local Library

Come learn about the Day One Essentials, see practical ways to handle them affordably, meet other new business owners, and ask questions. Just a useful local conversation over coffee, tea, and snacks.

Upcoming Presentations

Upcoming presentation dates will be posted here.

Local Business Helping Local Business

Hillsborough • Polk • Pasco • Pinellas

We're deliberately local, so when you need help you're dealing with someone who can actually sit down with you.

Already a QikStarter Client?

Upload bank statements and receipt photos, or download your finished reports.

Open Your Bookkeeping Page

Sign in with your bookkeeping username and password. For private cloud files and business calls, use the access we set up on your computer or cellphone.

Kick-Start Your Business

Professional Website • Business Phone • Bookkeeping • Private Cloud Storage

Professional Website

A professional home for your new business.

A small website that does the job

We build a straightforward website of one to three pages so people can see what you do, where you work, and how to reach you. An optional response form gives visitors a way to ask about your services.

We help you get started

Answer a short questionnaire about your business and share any logo, photos, and contact details you have. We use that information to put your site together and review it with you.

Made for businesses like yours

Whether you mow lawns, trim trees, pressure wash, or handle repairs, your website should make it easy for a potential customer to take the next step.

Business Phone

A business number that goes where you go.

Keep your personal number private

Give customers a dedicated business number. Use a phone application on your cellphone or computer to make and receive business calls.

Use the equipment you already have

Take calls while you’re out working, or use a computer and headset when you’re at your desk. Calls use your Internet connection, including Wi-Fi or mobile data.

We help with the setup

QikStarter helps configure the phone application and test your calls, including access away from home. We explain how to use it in everyday terms.

Bookkeeping

Send us your records. We help keep them organized.

A simple monthly routine

Upload your PDF bank statements through your QikStarter bookkeeping page. Take receipt photos on your cellphone, including several photos of a long receipt, or upload files from your computer.

We handle the bookkeeping

Your bookkeeper reviews the records and categorizes transactions. When a purchase needs an explanation, we follow up by email or phone. Finished reports are available to download from your bookkeeping page.

Receipts tell the rest of the story

A bank statement shows where you spent money, but usually not what you bought. Keep receipts for business purchases, including online orders from places such as Walmart and Amazon. We help you learn how to find and submit them.

Help getting started

A setup fee covers getting your records organized and walking you through the process, including finding receipts and using your bookkeeping page. We explain the setup fee and monthly service before you begin.

Private Cloud Storage

Your files. Your business. Private.

Your business files, within reach

Keep documents, photos, and other business files together and access them from your computer or cellphone. QikStarter helps set up access at home, at work, and while you’re away.

Managed — we run it for you

Start with storage on a QikStarter-managed server. We handle the infrastructure so you can get started without buying or maintaining your own server.

Assisted — you own it

When you’re ready, purchase a preconfigured QikStarter server for your own home or business network. We help with setup, moving your files, remote access, and support.

Separate from your bookkeeping

Your private cloud files and your bookkeeping records are stored separately. If you want a bookkeeping report in your private cloud, download it and put a copy there yourself.