When I was in high school, “zero hour” was a program offered to enterprising students who just wanted to get the heck out of there and move on to bigger and better things as soon as they could. The ...

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Launching a small business requires ambition, persistence, confidence — and money. The amount of cash you need to get up and running varies wildly depending on the nature of your business. A small ...