Telling people 'start a business' can be terrible advice

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I talk a lot about economic hardships here, it seems. That’s mostly because, well, I’ve been there. Plus, I live in a pretty economically depressed part of the country, so it’s on my mind a lot.

A couple of years back, I was giving an interview (part of my job) when it came up and outlined how my community lost a major …