The first step in beginning a new business is to understand the cost of getting started and getting to break-even. by Sherron Lumley. “It’s exciting to start my own business because it’s taken me a long time to figure out what I really want to do,” says Renee Fisher, who recently launched an event-planning business in Portland, Oregon. “I used to put on parties when I was a little girl,” she says, “and I enjoyed it and people noticed I was good at it.” With background experience in...