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8 Legal Steps for Starting Your Business - Mashable

8 Legal Steps for Starting Your Business Mashable With each new year, budding entrepreneurs look to turn their vision into a business. These startups are often overflowing with tremendous ideas, energy and optimism — but don't always have a roadmap for the legal aspects involved in starting a ...

Starting a Small Business in Lake Saint Louis: Opening a Franchise - Patch.com

Starting a Small Business in Lake Saint Louis: Opening a Franchise Patch.com “In addition, franchising has a higher success rate than start-ups,” states Franchise Help's report. “The Department of Commerce reported that, since 1971, less than 5% of franchised businesses have failed or been discontinued each year. and more »

Taking that first step just might be the hardest - Cleveland Daily Banner

Taking that first step just might be the hardest Cleveland Daily Banner by LUCIE R. WILLSIE, Associate Editor Betcha you never would have guessed that I have been tinkering around with the idea of starting my own business for several years now. Not a full-time biz, just so my boss knows. But just a “part-time” job that I ...

What impels someone to start a stock mutual fund today? - USA TODAY

USA TODAY

What impels someone to start a stock mutual fund today? USA TODAY He signed the agreement to take over a money management business on the worst day possible: Sept. 10, 2001. The next day, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington closed the stock market until Sept. 17 — at which point the Dow Jones industrial ... and more »

Persistence is the key to having a successful business - StandardNet

StandardNet

Persistence is the key to having a successful business StandardNet By Brad Larsen How many of us are fearful to start a new business, change career directions, retire or... The list could go on forever. Why do we put off those things that we want most? I think a lot of it is fear of failure -- failure to do what we ...