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All That Glitters

When you have a thriving young business, don’t get distracted by shiny new opportunities

THERE’S A MILLION DOLLARS under your shoe,” my father used to tell me. “You just have to find it.” As a kid, I had no idea what he meant. I finally figured it out when I became an entrepreneur, but I also discovered a corollary: You have to learn how to recognize the million dollars when you see it. To do that, you

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