7 Rookie Mistakes That Almost Killed My Business

Let me save you some time and heartache by sharing 7 totally avoidable pitfalls you can sidestep by not. doing. these. things.

Stephanie St.Claire

6 min readMar 3, 2019

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photo: Stephanie St.Claire (author)

Today’s advice applies to any person building a career, but this really applies to any person starting a business of their own.

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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