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Solovic, Susan Wilson.

It’s your biz : the complete guide to becoming your own boss / Susan Wilson Solovic, with Ellen R. Kadin ; foreword by Edie Weiner.

    p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8144-1671-6 (hbk.)

ISBN-10: 0-8144-1671-3 (hbk.)

 1. New business enterprises. 2. Business planning. 3. Small business—Management. I. Kadin, Ellen R. II. Title.

HD62.5.S6729 2012

658.1’1—dc23

2011017507

© 2012 Susan Wilson Solovic
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