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Going Out on Your Own

A conversation with Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson

Thinking about starting a small business? Or looking to expand a business you’ve already launched? Entrepreneurs Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson share hard-won lessons from starting and running three companies together. In this interview with Women at Work cohosts Amy Bernstein and Emily Caulfield, they reflect on what made their long-term partnership work well and how they manage self-doubt and guilt.

EMILY CAULFIELD: What do you think were the most important personal qualities that you brought to your entrepreneurship that made the difference in not only getting your businesses off the ground but then continuing to actually grow them?

LARA HODGSON: Without a doubt, I ...

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