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Being the Business

Challenges

Succeeding as an entrepreneur requires a great degree of commmitment and hard work. There are many challenges you'll face from the outset, but the best way to cope with these is to be prepared from the very beginning.

Here Sharon Polson outlines the main challenges you are likely to face as well as advice on how to deal with the them effectively.

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