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Founding a business also has its ‘terrible twos’: so here’s what I want other founders to know

When your startup is learning to walk like a toddler, you're truly in the thick of it — just ask Tala Booker, whose business is now a "threenager." Looking back on those messy early years, here's what she wishes she'd known sooner.

Founding a business also has its ‘terrible twos’: so here’s what I want other founders to know

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When your startup is learning to walk like a toddler, you're truly in the thick of it — just ask Tala Booker, whose business is now a "threenager." Looking back on those messy early years, here's what she wishes she'd known sooner.

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