I recently participated in a small business owners’ discussion group where we talked about the different ways in which we opt to make decisions about our businesses. I found some of the participants’ answers really interesting so I thought that I’d share them here.
Some of the ways that business owners make decisions include:

Listing the pros and cons [...]

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