Some type of business entity must be established before registering a fictitious name whether the entity is a sole proprietorship, partnership or other business type. A sole proprietorship is a ...

A doing business as, or DBA, is a name used by a corporation for business besides the name registered when the company was incorporated. Depending on your state, it might also be called a trade name, ...

More and more Americans are working for themselves or starting their own business. If you're one of them, you'll likely need to register for a DBA, which stands for "Doing Business As." Before you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rhett Buttle covers the intersection of the private and public sector. There are a number of steps to getting your business up and ...

When you're in the earliest stages of starting your business, you'll have to decide how you want to register it. Depending on the type of business entity you're forming, you may be required to ...

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