As the launch of the RoyalAnts site grows nearer, I wanted to start creating posts that cover subject matter mirroring what you will see on the site. We have not gone into great detail as to what RoyalAnts will be, and this has been intentional. That being said, I want to give you a snippet into what we hope to accomplish.

RoyalAnts.com will be a place for local businesses to stay better connected with their customer base/clientele. It will also allow you to stay more personally connected to those businesses that you love, as well as find new ones to visit/support. That is a painfully vague overview of the general concept.

In the coming weeks, I hope to explore what motivates people to shop local. Does it have to do with the overall quality of the product/service they receive? Is it an anti-corporate mentality from people not wanting to support huge faceless companies? Is there a sense of familiarity and community in a locally owned establishment? Does the ability to interact with the owner matter? My assumption is that all of these play a role, but I intend to ask patrons of these businesses to give some insight on their motivations. Along with this, I want to talk to local business owners/managers to find out what motivates them/drives them/makes them tick.

I intend to bring you this in video form shortly, so stay tuned! While you patiently, but eagerly (I’m sure!) wait, I pose those questions to you. Are you a patron of one or more local businesses? What keeps you going back? Are you a local business owner? What drives you? How do you compete, especially in such rough economic times?

I look forward to hearing your stories!

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We receive a comment from one of our users, Ben, who asked us the following:

“hey love your startup vlog.. i cant wait for the next installment! Can you please get into the logistics of running a startup? being in the same situation as you (starting out with a group of friends) how do you tackle the legal aspects of the startup, the hours put in by each member, the duties, the funding for daily activities… I dunno can you walk us through a typical day in the life of your startup? walk us around the office or something… that would be fun :)”

Ryan is working on the video portion, which will be the walk around the office. Which are all going to be separate videos because we all work from our homes. We are attempting this with no funding at first, which means we don’t have an office as offices cost money and we don’t have any to spare. However, the rest of the questions I can address right here and once Ryan gets back from Sundance he’ll be adding his piece to it.

Legal Aspects

We are an LLC and so how we setup our company was already covered in this article I did about the different business classes available in America.

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