If you are thinking about starting a small business, now is the time. Personal computers and software that are business quality are far better and cheaper than those of just five years ago. Coupled with the internet, today's computers, and software, the small business is on a more level playing field with larger companies. A local small business owner B. G. Simpson stated that the main key to starting a business is to do it (…showed first 75 words of 1015 total…

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