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In the News: The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma

When businesses are forced to operate in a world of uncertainty, it makes it difficult to plan for the future, estimate costs, and know how to best provide for employees. Small business owner and entrepreneur Jim Garland discusses these very uncertainties in a recent article in Forbes.

“When preparing to start and grow a company, entrepreneurs expect to take on the day-to-day challenges of running a business. We understand cash flow, return on investment, and are masters at Excel. But what many would-be business owners don’t anticipate is the time and cost necessary to manage local, state, and federal government compliance issues that compete with our ability to build client relationships, check in with employees, and find new market opportunities.” -Jim Garland

To read the full article, click here.