11 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Business

Glitter was literally shooting out of my eye sockets as I quit my PR job to “be my own boss.” Then reality struck.

Stephanie St.Claire

10 min readOct 11, 2013

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Working. Or maybe ordering wine off the internet.

“A lot of people like to fool you and say that you’re not smart if you never went to college, but common sense rules…

Stephanie St.Claire

Written by Stephanie St.Claire

Writer. Reader. Lover of the Oxford comma. Writing for Medium since 2013. Find me at stephaniestclaire.com

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