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234 American Business Owners on Starting, Scaling and Staying Inspired

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Their stories are conveniently ignored when you hear about the extinction of small businesses. In reading this article, you’ve begun a journey into the passions, success stories and advice of more than 200 American business owners trying to make ends meet while they make life a little sweeter for those around them.

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72 American Business Owners on What Motivated Them To Become Entrepreneurs

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We do have a retail store in Independence, Virginia and welcome visitors from all over the world. John and his wife, Daisy, grew the business to become internationally known, and opened the first retail store in Hawaii. That’s why we started our business. A retirement hobby to international business.