Thinking About, Planning, Forming, Starting, and Running Your Own Small Business: A Student Workbook

Starting a business is an activity–a freedom–that is possible for all individuals in America because of the free market system, the principles of capitalism, and the opportunities available in a democracy like America. Individuals who start business have a huge responsibility to operate in an ethical manner, create jobs, build wealth, increase social capital, operate in an environmentally reasonable manner and help continue developing the free market system.