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Good to hear that you have your goal now, the tag line. :-) That gives you the first step in your master To-Do list.

Your next step is to do some research to find out about social-networking software, and someone with the technical skills to set it up and maintain it on some sort of Web server. That means getting a domain name, which means figuring out a name for this company.

What sort of ideas do you have at the moment, for a name?

I was thinking about experimenting with Ning.com. It seems like a good way to get started with a social network.

For names, I go back and forth between something Google-ish and something like ParentOwned.com or Parent Biz Network.  I  think I should go with a name that means something. So maybe something with network. hhmmm....I will be thinking about it this weekend.

Don`t create the name of your company based on the URL. No matter what`s the URL eventually, your branding and content will associate the domain in people`s memories. Focus on creating a great company name. It may happen to be available as a domain, but that shouldn`t be your first consideration.

Istoops - Ning is quite a good system but you might consider building a Facebook group first.

Here`s why.  When you create a group, a community, the most difficult challenge is getting people to start communicating.  If visitors come to the community with no comments they assume nothing is happening there, will not join and your idea fails to get traction.

On the other hand, with facebook the creation of community is much more viral by nature.  You start by creating your presence, find and make new "friends", join other groups and comments,  then create your own group and invite your `friends` to it. 

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