When to Share a Piece of the PieDoes it make sense to trade ownership for services?
ByGwen Moran•
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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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