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Principles for Future Entrepreneurs

More than ever, high school and college students dream of owning their own business when they grow up and working for themselves.

But the realities of starting a business are sobering, and even people with a good idea can fail to last a single year in their new enterprise.

The website principles of entrepreneurship, available on the web free at America.gov, provides students with a basic guide to the issues facing those who seek their own way in the marketplace.

Best of all, creating a business plan is a great incentive to study math, the cornerstone of profit, loss, cash flow and net worth.

Click here to view the principles of entrepreneurship.

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