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Jennifer L. Jacobson

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5 Myths About Starting Your Own Business

04/05/2015 12:43pm | 7231 views

Starting a business or bringing a new product to market is no easy task, yet it’s a dream that many of us have. Whether you’re planning to start a taco truck, create an ecommerce site for hand-knitted alpaca stockings, or open a sports bar, something is holding you back. Here are 5 of the most common reasons you haven’t started your small business yet.

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Jennifer L. Jacobson is a strategic success advisor to startups, small businesses, and nonprofits. She is a teller of stories and an advocator of causes, driving dialogue about ideas that matter. She is also the author of 42 Rules of Social Media for Small Business. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys traveling with her husband, testing consumer electronics, puppetry, and geeking out over forgotten bits of amusement park history.

About TrustLeaf

TrustLeaf is an online service that helps self-started businesses and entrepreneurs get starter loans from friends and family, without straining their relationships. Because loaning money to friends and family for new ventures can be tough on relationships, TrustLeaf formalizes personal loan agreements, keeping money far away from affecting relationships, so entrepreneurs can get their business going and friends and family can feel more secure