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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A business (also called a company, enterprise or firm) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself. The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions include cooperative enterprises and state-owned enterprises. Businesses can also be formed not-for-profit or be state-owned. The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of debate and complexity of meanings From Wikipedia under the
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 news.google.com MarketWatch (press release) DENVER, Mar 18, 2010 ( business wire) -- As a community, small businesses look to each other for best practices, advice and support to make their operations ... Qwest CFO to Present at Barclays Conference MarketWatch (press release) all 29 news articles » news.google.com Los Angeles Times The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage edged up to 4.96% this week from 4.95% a week earlier, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said. ... Business events scheduled for the coming week BusinessWeek all 35 news articles » news.google.com Tampa Tribune The business had 70 computer terminals listed, but only one was filed. "That promotion was closed (because) the $5000 per terminal filing was not reached," ... Sweepstakes rooms catch the eye of law Hernando Today all 9 news articles » From Google News Search: "Business" What type of business should I mark my business to operate as? Q. I'm almost done with my business plan. I'm stuck on something. I don't know sould I operate my business as a Corporation or Sole Prietorship if I'm planning to run a photography and graphic designing business with employees I'm planning to hire which will include a secretary, assistant, graphic designer and a beautican. Please help I'm planning to open and start at the beginning to 2010. Asked by L Ant - Tue Dec 15 16:58:26 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. First off, let me congratulate on your business venture. I'm so excited for you because of the strong passion I have for business and hopefully you will gain one to. I wish you the best of luck and I hope to quickly here from you about the success you are having with your company. From personal experience this will be a task you won't regret, but at the same time please understand that it will be challenging. Now to answer your question on if you should operate a business as a corporation or sole prietorship, you first need to understand the difference between a corporation and a sole prietorship. If you chose to go the sole prietorship option, than a question u need to be prepared to answer is are you willing to put up personal assets… [cont.] Answered by glenn w - Tue Dec 15 21:01:03 2009 I work for a 501C business,which is closing and liquidating. Can I start my own separate taxable business? Q. I have worked for the 501C business for 10 yrs total, 3 in this specific business area. They no longer wish to carry this branch of their association. When they close, I will be fired. Can I start up my own for profit business, with the same business description? Asked by izzy - Fri Sep 29 12:12:56 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. You may have some problems if you use similar names or other things that may be the intellectual or business property of the 501C (3). You should get a written agreement with the Association approving your enterprise. If you plan on using the same facilities as the non-profit there could be some zoning issues that would require a new approval by the local planning department. After that you may organize in the same manner as any business. Answered by unknown - Fri Sep 29 12:41:32 2006 What percentage of a business do you typically have to give to an investor funding a business idea?
Q. I'm going to be starting a business and I have a person that is willing to handle all of the development costs etc. Since it is an online business, the start up costs are pretty low for a business, under $10,000 definitely, probably under $5,000. In this type of situation, what portion of the company is given to the investor? Asked by ShadowASL - Thu Apr 26 12:03:04 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. In a TYPICAL venture deal (yours is not, of course, since it's so small), it would be pretty common to give seed round investors 20-30% of the equity. Another way to look at it is that private equity investors expect to get 15x-20x their investment if the company is very successful. If your company (assuming success) might have a market cap of $1MM, then 20x on a $5M investment would only be 10%. It's usually a negotiating process in any case. Answered by SDD - Thu Apr 26 12:26:25 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Business" Business is the "art" of making money by selling things or services people want for more than their cost. - Patrick Dixon Sourced
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