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May 2023
30m 11s

Keeping Your Head Above Zero

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As a new business, it may take a few years before you reach profitability, but that doesn’t mean you can’t quickly reach success. Using a mix of the marketing, financing, and money management tools discussed in earlier episodes, many small business owners can create very achievable benchmarks in their early stages that support the path to profits. Emily Doyle and Mei Kwok, founders of Dune Suncare, share with us some of the early decisions they made that helped their company experience substantial growth in their first three years.

 

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https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/running-a-business/mind-the-business-episode-4/

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