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Dec 2017
25m 18s

MBA905 Solopreneur vs. Entrepreneur

Omar Zenhom
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There’s more than one way to start your own business. When plotting out your entrepreneurial path, it’s important to establish something early on: what kind of independent business person you are. Would you make a better entrepreneur, or solopreneur? 
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