Step by Step Guide to Starting a Business
Protecting your interests
Starting a business is a risky venture, but some of the risks can be easily mitigated by taking a few key actions to safeguard your business. Read about some of the risks and threats facing your business and find out how to protect your interests.
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Legal issues for small business
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/guide/2277/Do you really need a lawyer when you start your small business? Find out why legal counsel is essential for any business. -
About intellectual property
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/91/883/Learn why intellectual property is important to business and how to apply it to your ideas, creations and inventions. -
Security and Fraud
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/87/188/909/Do you use the Internet to conduct business transactions? While the Internet has become a vital operational tool for most businesses, online transactions are not without risk. Discover how you can protect your business from security breaches. -
Risk management
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/87/188/910/As a business owner, you need to expect the unexpected. How do you create an effective strategy to handle and minimize risk? Our resources can help you. -
Privacy and your business
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/guide/2338/If you collect, use or disclose personal information about individuals, you need to understand your privacy obligations and find out how to implement appropriate privacy policies and procedures.
Table of Contents
- Is entrepreneurship for you?
- Buy a business or start your own?
- Developing your business idea
- Choosing a business structure
- Naming your business
- Writing your business plan
- Choosing and setting up a location
- Registering your business
- Setting up your payroll and tax accounts
- Financing your business
- Obtaining licences and permits
- Hiring employees
- Getting the word out
- Protecting your interests
- Accessing additional resources



