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What Entrepreneurs Should Know About Estate PlanningWhen the time comes to deal with personal loss, it pays to be ready. Here's how to prepare yourself and your family.

ByJ.D. Roth

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The End of SomethingMy father, a lifelong entrepreneur, died when he was 49. He left his family a solid will and a thriving business, which has sustained a wife, three sons and a nephew for 16 years.

Aside from these two very important things, my dad did little in the way of estate planning.

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