In the United States it is fairly easy to start a company. All that is required is filing articles of incorporation with the state's secretary of state. Note that there are fees and taxes at both the state and local level.
Easy, with $500 million in start up.
It is fairly easy and inexpensive to set up a Limited Liability Company (LLC). One would need a Registered Agent Service, a Doing Business As (DBA), and a Business License. Start-up costs for these licenses is usually under $500.
That is an easy one....CBS is the company name as in CBS the TV station.
Sure, almost any reputable Insurance Company is a good one to start out with.
There is no 'typical' amount that one can count on if one sells a start up company. The amount one would receive would depend entirely on the size of the company, the product sold, the profitability of the company, ect.
The How to Start An LLC Website offers advice on how you can start your own company. They offer advice and examples that you can use to start your own company.
One can start buying direct stocks by using the company's direct stock purchase plan. With this plan, it will enable stocks to be directly purchased from the company.
One company that uses demographic data is GeoLytics. GeoLytics software products are easy to use, easy to access and easy to map. Some of their products include Census 2000, Normalized data, Geocoding & TelcoCD.
There are a number of places where one could start if one wished to purchase an LTD company. One possibility would be to visit Companies made simple dot org, where the process of buying an LTD company is explained step by step.
They are pretty easy to find. All you need to do is buy them from a company like this one: http://www.skycoequipment.com/
cisco that one was easy!
get (good) manga artists on board and have money. You can start small and informal, or make one just like you'd make any other company.