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openforum.com/yourbusiness, or you can e-mail your comments at yourbusiness@msnbc.com. >>> now let'ss from small business owners just like you. >> the first business plan you write is not the business you will end up in, and it's very important given the economy right now to be flexible and to look for opportunities outside of your core concept. my business today is not what it was 12 years ago, and it's growing in part to my staying open to opportunities that the economy has presented. >>> find like-minded people that are in business. some can be people that have been in business or startups like me, and be around as many people that you can that run businesses successfully. >> know your product, and believe in it and believe in yourself and go with your natural instinct. if your goal is to help people, if your goal is to make streams of income, whatever your why is that you come into business, you stick with it. >>> are you starting to lose track of your business listings posted on the web? if so check out the site of the week. you put control of your listings. you can correct your

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