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| "It teaches you discipline," said Greg Jones. "If you go to practice every day for 2 1/2 hours, rain or shine, and you have to run your butt off...it's not easy. It's just like business." Today, he is chief executive of McLean-based Bookkeeping Express.
By Thomas Heath
Some young entrepreneurs are keenly aware that there is little public sympathy for the moral doubts they struggle with as they try to determine how much of theirs fortunes should be used for their families and how much to give away.
By Ian Shapira
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On Success
| It's important to convey a positive attitude in interviews, even if you're disheartened by the failure.
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| Companies of all kinds are discovering that it's no longer enough to blast out marketing pitches touting the virtues of your company's products and services. You need a marketing campaign that entertains, educates and adds value to your customers' lives.
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