When to Share a Piece of the Pie
Does it make sense to trade ownership for services?
Tony Marrero was ready to grow his fledgling Columbia, Mo., soccer apparel and equipment company, SoccerPro.com. So he did what any spunky entrepreneur does: He visited his local bank. And the banker laughed at him.
"He started to giggle when I sat down and talked to him," Marrero says. "That was the environment we had to deal with."
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