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88: Get your business ready for 2025

The new year is fast approaching, and we were curious about how successful entrepreneurs are preparing their businesses for 2025. We asked eight industry leaders to send us their best advice for preparing your business for the new year, and they sent us back amazing nuggets of wisdom.

Their messages are full of business tips, but I love that they also sneak in advice for your personal life. The biggest takeaway is that 2025 should be the year you do more of what you love and less of what you don’t.

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