Business is a big part of my family and started to grow on me. My father worked in sales for many years and is now a corporate president at Staples. My mother started her own cleaning business and is now self-employed, and my uncle owns a golf course and a pump and well business. My other uncle has his own handyman business, while one of my aunts operates a redimix and construction business. So we could say that business is a bit like blood. What I Know When it comes to business, especially when it comes to starting one, I tend to think I know everything. Yet in reality, I don't even really know where to start, enough to make a business successful, or even open the doors enough to make the first dollar. When I first think about working/running a business, I don't think of any boss besides myself, the rules are made by me and no one else, and it seems like a great plan to me. Plus, all profits from the business go directly to me, and I decide what happens to them. Although I know there's more to it than that, it's budgeting, working with clients, knowing when to expand and when to pull out. I also know that in business, if you're not moving forward, you're going backwards. What I want to know I want to know more about starting and running my own business. With what I saw in developing countries around me, business became more and more popular, I realized that it was a great career potential for me. So I would like to know where to start, what training is needed, where can I legalize my business, how important is the working environment and the gathering of employees. Or are some of those afterthought things that only matter if I...... middle of paper ...... a business" United States Small Business Administration 2 -28-14 http://www.sba.gov /content/register-your-fictitious-or-doing-business-dba-name Abrams, Rachel, Eavis, Peter "Buffett hints at more Heinz-type deals in its annual letter" http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/ 03/01/buffett-hints-at-more-heinz-like-deals-in-annual-letter/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=business&_r= 0 “Business Taxes” IRS 3-1-14 http://www. irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Business-Taxes “Incorporating-and-Registering-a-Business” 2-28 -14 http://answers.usa.gov/system/templates/selfservice /USAGov/#!portal/1012/article/2811/ Incorporating-and-Registering-a-BusinessInterview with Stern Manufacturing President Bob Jackson 2-26- 14Interview with business professor Anne Hutchinson 2-27-14 “Top 10 College Majors” The Princeton Revue http://www.princetonreview.com/college/top-ten-majors.aspx