The First Business I Failed At
I started a logistics company at 24 with two trucks and a customer I trusted. Three years later I had no trucks, no customer and a lawsuit. What went wrong.
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I started a logistics company at 24 with two trucks and a customer I trusted. Three years later I had no trucks, no customer and a lawsuit. What went wrong.
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