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Earlier this week, I posted a couple of blog articles about how
people can start their own e-businesses even if they don't know
much about technology or running a businesses. Our partner, SBI!
Learning, has taught tens of thousands of graduates at prestigious
universities across the country why e-businesses make good fiscal
sense, how to start them, and, most importantly, how to run them.
As a lifelong entrepreneur born into a family full of
entrepreneurs, the idea of starting CollegeRecruiter.com wasn't
scary and I knew where to turn to for help with just about any
issue. But the reality is that very few families are blessed with
successful entrepreneurs and if your family is like that, then
understanding how to start a business and how to run that business
must seem overwhelming. Fortun...
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