{"id":3269,"date":"2013-09-25T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2013-09-25T15:00:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T23:00:18","slug":"strauss-small-business-lessons-of-breaking-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/3269\/strauss-small-business-lessons-of-breaking-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Strauss: Small business lessons of &#8216;Breaking Bad&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=088c6c01bebe4b778e6cafeacfc68ad1&#038;url=http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/columnist\/strauss\/2013\/09\/23\/breaking-bad-steve-strauss\/2853427\/&#038;c=sVVzpBCRR5VagnKx4xfi6JeYUx1NLmR5eBm-PsjvUn8&#038;mkt=en-us'>Strauss: Small business lessons of &#8216;Breaking Bad&#8217;<\/a><br \/>Walter White, we hardly knew ye. Heisenberg, we hope we would never meet thee. Like everyone else it seems, I have been fairly mesmerized by Emmy winner Breaking Bad. 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