If your conducting business in a city you need a license. Can you get away with not having it? Probably. It is however easy to get and usually cost less than $100. Something to remember is it can throw up a red flag as to the nature of your business and you may not want that. I operate in a small town and if I went down to register for a license to operate a porn company I would probably be turned down. Much better to license your company as either a photography business, internet company, or maybe a website development company. Something to that effect.
One other fact that may or may not help you. If one of the owners of that company is a disabled american veteran you by law have to be issued a FREE business license. If you point this out to a city there first reaction is "No sir, you still have to pay." You should send them their application for a license completely filled out, a copy of the law stating that you are entitled to this for free, and a copy of the servicemans DD214. They will grumble but you will soon get your license in the mail, every year, free of charge.
Good luck with your new business and hope you make the big bucks!
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