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Start selling! Look at all those sales you may have lost, if people have been asking. Have your Mom make a couple extras, but you better make sure you give her some money weather she accepts it or not, no bogus deals either, money. You could give her a percentage of your gross profit until you can get going. All you need is one piece to make a sale. Do it legit from the beginning, have you done the basics yet, its only a few hundred bucks if that to start an LLC. I do not recommend a sole proprietorship.

I will tell you I have many relationships with lots of business owners that all together do probably over a billion a year in revenue and not too many get the concept that in order to make money you must focus on providing the consumers value. You seem to have that down.

Make some cool swimwear that makes people happy and fills a void, and you'll be A okay... maybe. I hope your a risk taker.

Some other advise, get your books right from the beginning. Its really so simple if you have half a brain and are decent with numbers. Know your income statement and balance sheet. Get it right from day one, perfect it, this is by far the best advise I can give to someone new starting a business. Your financial statements are the key to knowing your business and growing it.

About me, I am never happy with my business', lol, I didn't have someone like me to teach me. I learned a lot of what not to do, not so much what to do. I have certainly done a good amount of business and many amazing experiences and achievements. And, I do make a pretty good living for myself. I do focus a little too much on the future rather than the right now. Overall I'm very happy, and I will certainly never regret choosing self employement over... not being self employeed. haha