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By Elayne Fluker | Published February 10, 2011 | Full size is 500 × 483 pixels

2. Join associations. If you're a female entrepreneur, look into local chapters of the National Association of Women Business Owners. If you are starting a plumbing company, check out the local chapter of a national plumbers association. You'd be surprised how many fields have associations. You can receive great product discounts, invitations to great conferences, and a network of peers. Entrepreneurship can be lonely, so cultivating a group of peers is important. And of course, there is the newly formed Young Entrepreneur Council (I'm a board member!).

2. Join associations. If you’re a female entrepreneur, look into local chapters of the National…