Can start out to do business (8)
I believe the answer is:
transact
'do business' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'can start out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'can'+'start'='canstart'
'canstart' with letters rearranged gives 'TRANSACT'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for transact that I've seen before include "handle" , "Perform or carry out business" , "Conduct trade" , "Deal with" , "Carry out, like business" .)