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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hess, Edward D.
So, you want to start a business? : 8 steps to take before making the leap / Edward D. Hess, Charles F. Goetz.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-13-712667-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. New business enterprises. 2. Entrepreneurship. 3. Business planning. I. Goetz, Charles F., 1956- II. Title.
HD62.5.H475 2009
658.1’1—dc22
2008014682
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