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Tempted to start your own business but just not sure if it's a smart
move? Career consultant Maggie Mistal from Martha Stewart Radio
has great advice to help you through the decision making process.
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An entrepreneurial FAQ
Even independent-minded entrepreneurs know that sometimes, especially when you're getting started,
you need to turn to someone with more experience than you. In his time mentoring and fielding
questions from young upstarts, Mike Michalowicz, noticed some recurring questions and collected a list
of 50 of them on his blog, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. The Q & A session covers topics as broadly
applicable as "how do you market with a limited budget?" to as specific as "do I really need a logo when
I'm just starting out?" Some of Michalowicz's answers may be tough for aspiring entrepreneurs to
swallow. In response to a common question about how to balance work and family life he writes, "You
don't; especially at first. And the fact that you are asking this question before you have even put in your
first five years with a new business, means that you probably are not cut out to be an entrepreneur." For
a more nuanced take on this topic, check out Meg Cadoux Hirshberg's column on work-life balance.
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