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8 Legal Steps for Starting Your Business
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Advice and Tips on Starting a Business Offered In SBA's February Web Chat
Thursday, February 16, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., ET WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration's February web chat will offer business start-up advice for entrepreneurs.  If you are considering starting a business...

Local committee working to start an off-leash dog park in Boyertown seeks members
Boyertown is a popular place for dogs these days, and the newly formed group, B.A.R.C.O., short for Boyertown Area Responsible Canine Owners, hopes that it will become even more popular if they are able to realize their dream by starting an off-leash dog park somewhere in the Borough. The group is looking for interested pet owners to join them in their planning efforts.

Starting a Small Business: Ideas and a Few Thousand is All You Need
In this day and age, starting a small business has arguably never been easier: ideas and a few thousand dollars (or a credit card!) is all you need.

Small Business Administration web chat will provide advice on starting a business
The U.S. Small Business Administration's February web chat on Feb. 16 will provide advice to entrepreneurs onstarting a business. Janice Washington, state director of the Arizona Small Business Development Center Network, will host the web chat on "New Year, New Business: How to Start it Right."

5 Steps For Launching a Startup From a Small Town
"Call me Deepak. Some years ago — never mind how long precisely...nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." This (modified) opening quote from Melville’s Moby Dick perfectly captures my state of mind when I ventured out as an entrepreneur to avoid the job-seeking rat race and pursue something new. Out of Kerala, India ...