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Among small business owners, 85.4% regret not starting their businesses earlier, according to a recent survey of Canadian business owners. “At a time when we hear warnings everywhere about exercising caution, what we are actually seeing from small business owners is that the risk is not from starting your own business – but from waiting too long to do do,” said Shadi McIsaac, founder and CEO of Ownr, which ran the study.
For more, including reasons respondents started their own businesses and things they wish they’d known from the beginning, click here.
By Rebecca Meiser
Contributor, Commerce + Communities Today and Small Business Center
ICSC champions small and emerging businesses in getting from business plan to brick-and-mortar.
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