PHP Development Startup

[indod]

Hi all,

I'm toying with the idea of starting up a small part-time development concern.

Short term goal : Help out the cash flow and build up a decent professional referral network.
Long term goal : To manage a fully fledged development consulting company.

I am looking for a few general and specific pointers in starting out.

Tools
Currently I am using HTML-Kit to code, and PHP/Apache for the back-end. Keeping everything GPL'd what tools would be best suited for the following:
-> Coding (currently using html-kit)
-> Project management(currently using phpCollab)
-> Version control (CVS seems way over the top for my current needs)
-> Invoicing/CRM

Design
I looking for a good design model to follow, the best I can find is the Extreme Programming model (XP), any suggestions on this. I am always in favour of hard-copy, can any suggest a good reference book.

If any one is also toying with this idea or has already crossed this bridge, I would really appreciate some feed-back on these ideas, plus any other suggestions you may have.

Thank you very much,
Indod

[Moonglobe]

for coding, there are two very large threads about favourite editors, you just need to search for them. my suggestion: pspad (www.http://pspad.com/index_en.html)