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Are you Old School or New School? Why not be both?

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Whether youʼre an experienced entrepreneur or an emerging start-up star, this is the place for you to meet, share and learn from each other. From strategy and software, to forecasts and facebook, youʼll find a mixture of old school and new school perspectives that can give you and your business a real boost.

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