Tough Love From an Entrepreneurial Curmudgeon.

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      Carey Smith started fan-and-light maker Big Ass Fans in 1999 and sold it for $500 million in 2017. Instead of developing a unique way to sell, perhaps through a network of students, or at the very least taking preorders to judge interest, the entrepreneurs' business plan relied almost entirely on Amazon and Facebook. In the end, the only thing easy about it is the easy pickings left for vultures when entrepreneurs don't get the hard advice they need to hear. [Extracted from the article]
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