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Just read Joe's column on this months R+W. First of all, if you guys don't have a subscription to this, subscribe! So many good tips on there.

Anyway... I had a similar experience- friends and family have thought I was crazy every step of the way in my business and everytime I expanded. I am grateful for this forum bc I am surrounded by the right people going through similar experiences but how have you guys found the right people in your everyday life? Do you guys have someone like-minded that you share lunch/life with? I am lucky to have ONE person in the area but would like to have a group and maybe even a local mentor of some sort. 

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