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Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Startup Lessons Learned

Here in Tampa, our biggest challenge is convincing the regions technology "leadership" that grassroots economic development is a good thing. Instead spending hundreds of millions of dollars to lure the next big thing to town in the hope they will turn Tampa into the next tech center. January 2, 2009 11:54 AM Daniel Davie said.

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13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)

YoungUpstarts

I wrote “ The Risk Advantage “ to help entrepreneurs face the many situations, predicaments, and crises they’ll encounter during their lives and to help formulate their leadership style and business strategy. Refusing to hire people who are smarter than you. Here are a baker’s dozen of them: 1.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

When I began practicing law I was hired by a firm where billable hours and collected fees were the only considerations for advancement. Soon, I had more work than I could handle, and had to hire another attorney and staff member. Tampa Bay community and make a difference in people’s lives. Image Credit: Nancy D.

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

It is the only way to ensure your leadership is not trapped in the let’s solve for 2% of our business success thinking. It is hard to understand the implications of the behavior inherent in Path Length – which means you’ll hire more clever Digital Analysts for hour business. Newspapers: Tampa Bay Times. Make tough choices.

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Transcript of How to Roll Out the Red Carpet for Your Customers

Duct Tape Marketing

You got to be looking at who you’re hiring and how you’re encouraging them and all of that. They hire for it. Donna Cutting: And then one that I was thinking of when you were talking about your airplane, the Southwest Airlines example, is this gentleman who worked in Tampa airport. And I loved this.