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That's just business, you need to price in disturbances like an important customer going bankrupt or switching suppliers or some customers refusing to pay for other reasons, and do a risk assessment before supplying on large orders.

It's one of the earliest lessons you'll learn from starting a company. Another close one is to not waste time on failed sales and annoying customers, replacing them with new customers is usually more profitable and enjoyable.



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