Maybe it's the economy with its high unemployment, but lately I've been hearing from a lot of people who are considering starting their own business. Having begun a few of my own, they ask my advice. It's always the same: "Come on in. The water's warm." And when I follow that remark with, "Sharks also live in warm waters," their countenance quickly changes. In the fifteen years of running my own businesses and learning things the hard way, I've been bitten by a few of those sharks.
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