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Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.
Andrew Mason
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Andrew Mason
Age: 54
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Mount Lebanon
Pennsylvania
Andrew D. Mason
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