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.

• 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.