Building a Business
Be Prepared for the Startup J-Curve
Don't abandon your plan the first time things don't go as expected.
Lewis Schiff
Author, Executive Director The Business Owners Council, co-founder of BEN Global Mentorship
at BEN
Lewis Schiff is the author of Business Brilliant: Surprising Lessons From the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons and the co-founder of BEN Global Mentorship, which enables up-and-coming entrepreneurs around the world access to their favorite "rock star entrepreneurs" through exclusive eight-week mentoring "sprints." Get Schiff's top 10 secrets to success for up and comers.
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