You know when you Google starting a business and the legal stuff starts popping up- and you decide to keep on scrolling past and take care of that later- yeah, that may not be a good idea. There is a difference between having a business and having a legitimate- legally registered business. From personal experience, I can say that once I met with a lawyer and incorporated my business, it felt really good to understand the legal components and to have all of my ducks in a row.