• Introduction
  • Buying an Existing Business
  • Buying a Franchise
  • Selecting a Legal Structure for Your Business
  • Naming Your Business and Products
  • Registration Licenses and Permits
  • Local Regulations: City and County
  • State Regulations
  • Federal Regulations
  • Financing Your Business
  • Leasing or Buying Your Business Your Location
  • Business Insurance
  • Advertising and Marketing
  • Internet and E-mail Marketing
  • Bookkeeping and Accounting
  • Taxes
  • Collections
  • Resolving Disputes
  • Environmental Issues
  • Buying and Selling Property
  • OSHA
  • Designated Smoking Areas
  • Selling Your Business
  • Independent Contractors
  • Home-Based Business
  • Retails: E-commerce, Catalog, and Brinks and Mortar
  • International Trade

    • Environmental Issues

    "The totality of surrounding conditions" is how one dictionary defines environment. With such a broad, fuzzy definition, it is easy to see that the concept of environment covers a big territory. Focusing on the small-business owner, our topics cover environment in these conditions: buying and selling property, OSHA, management standards for environment and smoking in the workplace.