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Dec 2021
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The COVID small business boom (Indicator...

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It's Encore Week at The Indicator! We're sharing some of our favorite episodes of 2021.

Today, we hear about people who became small business owners after losing their jobs due to the pandemic. AKA the hotdog guy episode!

This episode originally came out in July.
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