{"id":117158,"date":"2025-03-07T06:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/legal\/episode-249-running-a-small-firm\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T06:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:08:02","slug":"episode-249-running-a-small-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=117158","title":{"rendered":"Episode 249: Running a Small Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-218956\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"et-l et-l--post\">\n<div class=\"et_builder_inner_content et_pb_gutters3\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 249: Why Running a Small Firm is So Hard (and What To Do about It)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GzAL2aHNCQ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_4\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p><span>Why is running your practice so hard? 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