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Mr. (or Mrs.) Fix It

Mistakes—we all make them, but in an economy this tough, even a small misstep can lead you away from the road to business success. But that doesn’t mean you should close shop until the street’s been repaved. “When the economy takes a hit, it’s easy to play it safe,” says Marcia Pledger, business columnist with Ohio’s largest daily newspaper, The Plain Dealer, and author of My Biggest Mistake...And How I Fixed It: Lessons from the Entrepreneurial Front Lines (Orange Frazer Press; $20). “But the people who innovate are going to emerge stronger when the economy recovers. Why avoid moving forward when you can avoid making mistakes instead?”

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