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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion. We jockey to make sure the press release has our names on it. It is slowly becoming Florida Condos. It is the new cocktail party conversation.

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Don Estridge, IBM PC Father, Startup Role Model

Startup Professionals Musings

He and Bill Lowe somehow managed to convince then CEO Frank Cary to give them a dozen engineers, a small budget, and a few months, to set up a small skunk-works called Entry Level Systems in Boca Raton, Florida, to develop a low-cost personal computer (code name “ Acorn ”).

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How To Start Your Own Small Business In 7 Easy Steps

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Choose a Name for Your Business. Every business needs a catchy and memorable name so that you stick in the mind of potential customers. You need to make sure that your name is somehow related to who you are or what you do as you want it to be clear what your business is about. Pick a Location. Sort Out Your Finances.

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Co-founder Engaging Florida’s Innovation Ecosystem

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Brian Kornfeld is President and Co-Founder of Synapse , an innovation hub for entrepreneurs, investors, and governments in the state of Florida to share ideas, solve problems and ultimately provide an ecosystem that ensures everyone from pre-seed startups to exciting unicorns continue to flock to, grow within and re-invest in the Sunshine State.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I landed on the brand name of Bizzy for my beverage company through a simple several step process. 1- Three simple steps.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. 1- Brainstorming, domain name and being formal. We chose otium as the basis of our name, which is latin for ease, peace, calm and leisure.

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The Not-So-Secret Secrets To Making It Big: Five Surprisingly Doable Steps That Will Propel You To The Top

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Have you ever said to yourself, How in the world did [insert name of powerful business executive] get to where he is? After opening initial laboratory test stores in Florida and Ohio, a national roll-out is now underway. by Michael Feuer, author of “ The Benevolent Dictator “. He’s not any smarter than I am!