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    The best business book I've ever read Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Friday, July 22 2005 @ 07:06 PM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    I just finished reading Start Small, Finish Big by Fred DeLuca.

    What I like most about it is that it doesn't expect you to quit your job, it doesn't assume you've already started a million businesses before (why would you need the book if you had?), and it doesn't get bogged down in frustrating details.

    What's he mean by start small? Initial investments of no more than $5,000 and often much, much less, that's what. What's he mean by finish big? Read on.

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    Date or Soul Mate... reviewed. Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Saturday, June 21 2003 @ 11:22 PM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    Date or Soul Mate? How to Know if Someone is Worth Pursuing in Two Dates or Less seems like it has as many homework assignments per page as my college algebra textbook did. I'd verify that, but the bookstore was offering $15 for that textbook and I didn't ever want to touch it again. So I guess selling my college algebra book paid for this one, nine years later.

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