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What a business can (and can't stop) when a client list goes walking
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Apr 29, 2026
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Almost every business has a person like her: the manager who is the face of the place, who knows every client by name, who holds the relationships that keep the bookings full. So what happens when that person resigns, takes the client data with her, and opens a competing business down the road takin...
Melissa Bush
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