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Benjie Hughes
Benjie Hughes is a musician and entrepreneur based in Aurora, IL. He is the owner and operator of Backthird Audio, a production and music industry services company, as well as a working guitarist and pianist.
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In this excerpt from a lecture delivered at the Self-Employed Artists Conference in 2008, Benjie Hughes, a musician and music business entrepreneur based in Aurora, Illinois, discusses how to dream up business idea, and then take practical steps to turn that dream into a real business. He shares with the audience some key questions that have to be answered if any entrepreneurial effort is to have a shot at success.



Shoot Date: March 2008
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