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Is Your Client Actually a Nightmare? Watch Out for These 3 Red Flags.Not all clients are good clients — or worth your time.

ByAmanda Breen

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For manyentrepreneurstrying to start or grow their businesses,signing new clientsis cause for celebration.

After all, businesses can't survive without clients, and the odds already aren't stacked in their favor: According to theU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 20% of new businesses fail within their first two years of opening, 45% within the first five years and 65% within the first 10 years.

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