by Abe Cherian
Copyright 2005

Starting a business can be a rewarding experience, but it can also be very time consuming and difficult. Many resources are available to assist you, but information overload can cause you from moving forward.

Keeping it simple is often the best way of maintaining the momentum necessary to get your business started. There are a series of steps to ensure success.

The first step toward getting your business going is deciding on a name, for example "New York Landscaping." Any name that you do business under other than your own given name is called a "fictitious" or "assumed" name, and certain steps need to be taken in order for you to do business under that fictitious or assumed name.