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The Era of 1.16 Million One-Person Businesses: Becoming a Company All by Yourself
Over the past decade, the formula for starting a business was simple: you needed a team, investors, and an office. That formula is now quietly but rapidly breaking down. People who build, operate, and create billions of won in enterprise value entirely on their own are beginning to appear in official statistics.
Over the past decade, the formula for starting a business was simple: you needed a team, investors, and an office. That formula is now quietly but rapidly breaking down. People who build, operate, and create billions of won in enterprise value entirely on their own are beginning to appear in official statistics.…
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