After you evaluate your business idea, determine startup costs and research the market, you’ll be ready to take on the next steps to starting your business.

Track your progress as you go with this business startup checklist:

A professional corporation (PC) is a corporation that provides organized to provide services by professionals that must have a state license. (Some states refer to a professional corporation as a professional association (PA) or a service corporation (SC).) Many states also allow licensed professionals to form a Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC). A PLLC provides more flexibility to the owners than that permitted with a professional corporation. 

By Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration.

With apologies to baseball and your mother’s apple pie, nothing is more American than National Small Business Week.

A limited partnership allows great flexibility in managing the business and dividing the profits. There must be at least one partner with unlimited personal liability for the business debts.

Many business owners have turned to crowdfunding or crowdlending for needed funds. Get some pros, cons, and helpful tips on crowdfunding campaigns.

Dorian Cunion, manager of franchise marketing and recruitment for 7-Eleven, Inc., joins us to discuss this zero franchising fee opportunity.

Dr. Paul Stoltz, the author of GRIT, relates how focusing on company growth combined with personal resiliency, instinct and tenacity can help your business succeed.

Grant Cardone, founder of Whatever It Takes Network, provides insight into four key aspects of launching a successful business in 2015.

Twitter co-founder and Jelly CEO Biz Stone explains how becoming a benefit corporation changes the definition of value for shareholders.

Ryan Blair ViSalus CEO shares lessons that he learned on his journey from a troubled teenager to immensely successful entrepreneur.