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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barringer, Bruce R.
The truth about starting a business / Bruce Barringer.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-13-714450-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. New
business enterprises. 2. Entrepreneurship. 3. Small business. I. Title.
HD62.5.B365 2008
658.1’1--dc22
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