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Trials & Tribulations - The drama of running a business and of life. It's not as easy as it looks. Running a business is full of drama. Customers, employees, money, family, time. You name it, it's a problem. Share with us your drama and how you handled it.

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Trials & Tribulations - The drama of running a business and of life.

It's not as easy as it looks. Running a business is full of drama. Customers, employees, money, family, time. You name it, it's a problem. Share with us your drama and how you handled it.
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Are there any updates on this customer? Did you end up taking him on or no?
Nope, he stuck with the company he had originally hired (friend). It makes sense for the client to stick with what he knows, especially when he wont find a better deal. I have no problem with this

In other news, I went to bed at 9pm and woke up at 4pm.. what the heck is this? I want more sleep!
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If I were your friend, I would be curious to know why he wanted to switch. That might give him some insight as to what he should work on to improve.
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If I were your friend, I would be curious to know why he wanted to switch. That might give him some insight as to what he should work on to improve.
It would have been a nice thing to ask, and pass on. Though, I still have to make sure that this company doesn't 'up' their quality, if you know what I mean.



Their time will come, surely. The time we all hate each other, lol!
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It would have been a nice thing to ask, and pass on. Though, I still have to make sure that this company doesn't 'up' their quality, if you know what I mean.



Their time will come, surely. The time we all hate each other, lol!
haha you are right we dont want, even our allies, to be known to have better quality work then us
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