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How To Start A Business When You Already Have A Job!
Cosmopolitan India
|December 2016
You want to start a business, but can’t exactly quit your nine-to-five right now— there are bills to pay! How do you chase your entrepreneurial fantasies from behind a desk?
Experts are calling them ‘hybrid entrepreneurs’—people who keep their nine-to-five while launching their own business. According to a study published in the Academy of Management Journal, they’re a third less likely to fail than those who start their own business without the safety net of a regular income. Working while nursing your start-up is a good idea—but how does it work?
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This story is from the December 2016 edition of Cosmopolitan India.
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