The Perils of Business Registration

Excitement!

I walked to the Securities and Exchange Commission office on 10 June 2009 to personally get our registration forms. A number of challenges hindered me from achieving my goal, but I was determined to make it:

1) I was tremendously afraid of heights; and I had to grab my chest and breathe heavily while walking over the newly-constructed footbridge that went from Robinson's Galleria to the SEC office.

2) I didn't know where exactly in the SEC office do I get forms; so I relied on information given by the friendly security guards and was just hurrying to avoid getting stuck in the long lines.

3) According the SEC website, we cannot register Mediaphile, Inc. as of yet because it appears confusingly similar to Mediphil Ents.

We had two options:

- Write an appeal letter to the Head of the Name Verification Department for him to accept Mediaphile, Inc. as our business name; or
- Change our name entirely.

I decided to go with option 1 since I was very much hopeful that the business activities of Mediphil Ents. are entirely different from ours. I wanted to take the chance to have the original name of our business; as we have already reserved the domain name and made other arrangements.

4) I didn't have an appeal letter nor access to an internet cafe; so I had to go to the nearby business consulting offices to have an appeal letter drafted and printed.

We will know if we can register Mediaphile, Inc. by Wednesday. :) I'm praying that things go according to plan.