Besides everything listed above check out Linda Taylor, professional machine quilter and teacher, on the web. She has a book about starting a quilting business. Then there is a magazine - Professional Machine Quilting that has a lot of information about starting a business and keeping it running. MQS is put on by IMQA which also publishes a magazine for the machine quilter. Go to IMQS.org and check out their classes. MQS has moved from Overland Park, Ks to Wichita, Ks and will be held May 15 through May 18, 2013. MQS has classes on everything from starting a business to making an award winning quilt