Business start-up

• AKSourceLink: networking for Alaskans: help for Alaskans in business start-up.

...Most are in the concept or the startup stage. More than half do not have a business plan....

• Alaska Business Monthly
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 2, February 2011

• Lawyer Can Get Share of Start-Up Business, Rules Mass. Court of Appeals

A lawyer could receive a 10 percent interest in a closed corporation as part of a compensation package for his services in starting up the business, the Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment. The plaintiff provided 500 hours of legal services in advising the defendants in the start-up of their closed corporation in 1975. Because the defendants lacked the funds to pay the plaintiff at the time, the parties agreed that the plaintiff would receive part of his compensation in the form of non-voting stock in the company. The stock the plaintiff received amounted to a 10 percent interest.

• Lawyers USA
• March 24, 2011

• Business Start-Up Series On Tap in Machias

MACHIAS - Down East Business Alliance offers a 15-session NxLevel- certified small-business planning and start-up series beginning Wednesday, September 21, for Washington County entrepreneurs who have owned their business for a short time or who seek to start a small business in the county. Any for-profit business owner or future business owner who is willing to commit to attending fifteen sessions is eligible to join. The Incubator Without Walls sessions will provide a wide network of peers and the opportunity to apply for small business improvement grants.

• Bangor Daily News
• August 11, 2011

• Overview

Rankings on the ease of doing business do not tell the whole story about an economy's business environment. Lhe indicator does not account for all factors important for doing business- for example, macroeconomic conditions, infrastructure, workforce skills or security. But improvement in an economy's ranking does indicate that its government is creating a regulatory environment more conducive to operating a business. In Eastern Europe and Central Asia many economies continue to do so- and economies in the region once again dominate the list of top Doing Business reformers in 2007/08. New this year: reforms in the region are moving eastward as 4 newcomers join the top 10 list of reformers: Azerbaijan, Albania, the Kyrgyz Republic and Belarus (table 1.1). Rwanda is one example of the divi...

• Doing Business
• November 17, 2010

• Start-Up Business Conference

Now more than ever, Michigan is dependent upon its small businesses to revitalize our economy," said Richard Temkin, district director of SBA's Michigan district office. "SBA is pleased to support the Black Business Conference again this year. We will provide information on the programs SBA has in place, including the Recovery Act, to help conference attendees. "The Black Business Conference is a catalyst for current and future development of Business and Entrepreneurship for the city of Detroit," said Dr. Richard C. James Jr., president of the Detroit-based Gamma Lambda alumni chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. "Through diverse partnerships within Metro Detroit, a rebirth of the city will be created by, bringing new ideas, resources and relationships together in the business ...

• Michigan Chronicle
• April 23, 2010

• Pre-start-up preparations: why the business plan isn't always written.

• Entrepreneurial Executive
• Nbr. 15, January 2010

• Business Start Up in Serbia - Registration.

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2006, January 2006

• Business Start-Up Materials Available

The Library System of Lancaster County has started lending a new comprehensive resource aimed at helping aspiring entrepreneurs. The "Business Start-Up Book Bag," which can be borrowed for two weeks from public libraries across the county, contains four books that address the steps for starting a business, writing a business plan, legal issues and financing.

• Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era - Saturday Edition
• September 05, 2009

• Health Scare Leads Baker to Start Up Cuisine Business

I think my love of cooking comes from my southern grandma," said Karen Jones, who offers her baked goods under the banner "Karen's Custom Cuisine" weekly at the Evansville Farmer's Market. "Grandma welcomed people into her home by offering them food. That love of preparing good food for friends has grown into an eclectic and impressive culinary education and a home-based business for Jones, who is now locally renowned for her scratch baked goods.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• October 14, 2010

• College of Wooster Business Start-Up Concept Helps Youth Worldwide

By JOHN FINN Director of Public Information

• Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
• May 13, 2010