Badminton Beginner, Where to Start?

So we want to start (or arleady started) playing badminton and want to enjoy the beautiful game. Where can we go from here?

It depends, personally, one way to enjoy badminton is by becoming better at it. Therefore, I would suggest you to find a good coach (perhaps by joining a club?). Some people think that they can be better by training without a coach, while this might be true, nothing can really beat a good coach. In badminton (and other sports), basic technique is very important. Understanding the basic technique since the very beginning is the right way to do it because once you learn a wrong technique, it would take more time to unlearn it. So, who's going to prevent you from going to the wrong direction? Correct, that would be the coach.

For beginners, there are some important techniques to focus on: grip, basic stroke, and footwork. While some of us will find those not as fancy as smashing or trick shots, they are the most important. I would suggest everyone to check this article from The Badminton Bible to get to know more about badminton grips.
The very basic strokes that should be learned at the very beginning are: lob, drop, and perhaps underhand strokes. For lob and drop, just concentrate on forehand first. The backhand lob and drop are not as important because you can (sometimes) replace them with over the head forehand lob and drop which is more recommended. As for footwork, this is probably the most boring thing to learn and easily forgotten. However, I can assure you that most of the time footwork is a difference between a decent and good player. Ask your coach to show you how to do it, although I doubt you will have the chance to do it since he/she will tell you about it anyway.

Last thing, don't forget to enjoy the game!