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title: Shift4Shop eCommerce Blog | Jason O'Leary
description: I’m an experienced, award-winning, technology, digital strategy, and product management executive. For the past 15 years I have been using Agile practices, humor, respect, and enthusiasm to enhance teamwork, communication, and product quality in software development and technology management. I enjoy building and empowering teams to help grow businesses. I also have 10 years of experience building account relationships pre and post sale.
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# Jason O'Leary
I’m an experienced, award-winning, technology, digital strategy, and product management executive. For the past 15 years I have been using Agile practices, humor, respect, and enthusiasm to enhance teamwork, communication, and product quality in software development and technology management. I enjoy building and empowering teams to help grow businesses. I also have 10 years of experience building account relationships pre and post sale.
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[Starting a Business](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/starting-a-business) | 7 min read
## [14 of the Best and Worst States for Starting a Business](https://blog.shift4shop.com/states-to-start-a-business)
By [Jason O'Leary](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jason-oleary) [June 03, 2020](https://blog.shift4shop.com/states-to-start-a-business) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/states-to-start-a-business#comments-listing)
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When it comes to starting a business, location matters because it determines many other things that can make or break a new venture. An entrepreneur might have a strong product or good idea, but, if they’re in the wrong location, all kinds of problems can present themselves. The entrepreneur might find it difficult to access startup funds and talented labor, they could struggle to find affordable office space, or they might simply be in a market that isn’t interested.
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## [7 Hidden Costs of Starting a New Business](https://blog.shift4shop.com/7-hidden-costs-of-starting-a-new-business)
By [Jason O'Leary](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jason-oleary) [April 01, 2019](https://blog.shift4shop.com/7-hidden-costs-of-starting-a-new-business) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/7-hidden-costs-of-starting-a-new-business#comments-listing)
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[Starting a business](https://www.3dcart.com/start-an-online-business.html) is an exciting, time-consuming process, and one that should be done with thought and care. As you probably know, you can’t exactly create a business from nothing. You need resources to flesh out your business model, invest in employees and equipment and legitimize your company so that it’s operating legally.
A study from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation estimates the [average cost of starting a new business](https://www.mbda.gov/news/blog/2011/11/how-estimate-cost-starting-business-scratch) at $30,000, but the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)\[...\]
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