diff --git a/pages/teams/create.js b/pages/teams/create.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 188d096..0000000
--- a/pages/teams/create.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-export default function CreateTeam() {
-
-  return (
-    <div>this is the place to create a team</div>
-  )
-}
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diff --git a/pages/teams/create.tsx b/pages/teams/create.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf8ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/teams/create.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { Divider } from "antd";
+import { useRouter } from "next/router";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useAuth } from "../../contexts/authContext";
+import { User, UserStatus } from "../../models/user";
+
+const initialSite: string = 'https://'
+export default function CreateTeam() {
+  const { currUser, logOut } = useAuth()
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string>('')
+  const router = useRouter()
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    (async function() {
+      try {
+        // if not authenticated, take user to the login
+        if (!currUser) {
+          console.log('not authenticated...routing from dashboard to teams home')
+          // router.push('/teams/login')
+        }
+
+      } catch(error) {
+        console.log(error)
+        router.push('/teams/login')
+      }
+    })();
+  }, [])
+
+  function handleSubmit(e) {
+    e.preventDefault()
+
+    if (!teamName) {
+      setError('You must input a team name!')
+    }
+
+    if (companySite == initialSite) {
+      // make sure to put null in database for the team
+    }
+
+    // provision a team with state of initiated
+  }
+
+  const [teamName, setTeamName] = useState<string>('')
+  const [companySite, setcompanySite] = useState<string>(initialSite)
+
+  return (
+    <form 
+      className="container mx-auto flex flex-col max-w-md m-10 bg-white p-10 rounded-lg shadow-md space-y-5"
+      onSubmit={handleSubmit}  
+    >
+      {/* header */}
+      <div className="text-lg">🙌Create a Team</div>
+
+      {
+        error && <span className="text-red-300 text-md">{error}</span>
+      }
+
+      <Divider />
+
+      <span className="flex flex-col items-start">
+        <span className="text-md">Team Name</span>
+        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs mb-2">Everyone in your team will see this. You can always change this later.</span>
+        <input placeholder="ex. AirBnB" className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-50 p-3" value={teamName} onChange={e => setTeamName(e.target.value)} />        
+      </span>
+
+      <span className="flex flex-col items-start">
+        <span className="text-md">Company Site</span>
+        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs mb-2">optional</span>
+        <input placeholder="ex. https://" className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-50 p-3" value={companySite} onChange={e => setcompanySite(e.target.value)} />        
+      </span>
+
+      <Divider />
+
+      <span className="flex flex-row justify-end space-x-2">
+        <button onClick={() => router.push('/teams') } className="bg-gray-100 py-2 px-5 rounded text-gray-400">Cancel</button>                
+        <button type="submit" className='text-sm text-white font-semibold py-2 px-5 bg-teal-500 rounded'>
+          {'Continue ->'}
+        </button>
+      </span>
+    </form>
+  )
+}
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diff --git a/pages/teams/profile.tsx b/pages/teams/profile.tsx
index 9ee8b1f..336ff46 100644
--- a/pages/teams/profile.tsx
+++ b/pages/teams/profile.tsx
@@ -105,26 +105,26 @@ export default function Profile() {
 
       <span className="flex flex-col items-start">
         <span className="text-md">Email</span>
-        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs">This is set from your Google account and cannot be changed.</span>
-        <input disabled className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-50 p-3" value={user ? user.emailAddress : currUser.email} readOnly />
+        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs mb-2">This is set from your Google account and cannot be changed.</span>
+        <input disabled className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-100 p-3" value={user ? user.emailAddress : currUser.email} readOnly />
       </span>
 
       <span className="flex flex-col items-start">
         <span className="text-md">First Name</span>
-        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs"></span>
-        <input placeholder="ex. John" className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-100 p-3" value={firstName} onChange={e => setFirstName(e.target.value)} />        
+        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs mb-2"></span>
+        <input placeholder="ex. John" className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-50 p-3" value={firstName} onChange={e => setFirstName(e.target.value)} />        
       </span>
 
       <span className="flex flex-col items-start">
         <span className="text-md">Last Name</span>
-        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs"></span>
-        <input placeholder="ex. Brown" className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-100 p-3" value={lastName} onChange={e => setLastName(e.target.value)} />
+        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs mb-2"></span>
+        <input placeholder="ex. Brown" className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-50 p-3" value={lastName} onChange={e => setLastName(e.target.value)} />
       </span>
 
       <span className="flex flex-col items-start">
         <span className="text-md">Nickname</span>
-        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs">What does your team call you?</span>
-        <input placeholder="ex. nicky" className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-100 p-3" value={nickname} onChange={e => setNickname(e.target.value)} />
+        <span className="text-gray-300 text-xs mb-2">What does your team call you?</span>
+        <input placeholder="ex. nicky" className="w-full rounded-lg bg-gray-50 p-3" value={nickname} onChange={e => setNickname(e.target.value)} />
       </span>
 
       <Divider />