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Steve Jobs: Perseverance, Efficacy and Death’s Influence on Lifestyle Design

By On October 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

With the death of Steve Jobs we have lost a great creator, innovator and inspiration. We have lost someone who understood the need to choose passion for life over work for the sake of work. We lost someone who, while wildly successful early in life would not have given up if it had taken longer or [...]

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Excited About Leadership Tampa Bay – Class of 2012

By On September 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Last night I attended the Kick Off reception for Leadership Tampa Bay’s 2011-2012 Class and have to say I am very excited to be a part of this program.

I committed over five years to leadership of Ad 2 Tampa Bay and Ad 2 National culminating as National Chair in 2007-2008 with a voting seat [...]

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Ralph Hughes and cell phone advice

By On July 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I met Mr. Hughes on only a couple of occasions and wish that I had more opportunities before his passing this month. I am most appreciative of one bit of advice he gave during my first meeting with him in 2004.

Someone during the meeting [...]

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AdCast in Febuary with Media Talk

By On March 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Co-hosting AdCast this month with Media Talk I was able to see myself on the big screen of the Tampa Theatre during the kick of of the Gasparilla Film Festival. If you have not seen Ad 2 Tampa Bay’s monthly web cast you can always check out the [...]

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Involvement increases income options

By On February 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The following entry is a quote of my comment on a recent Creative Tampa Bay column, The Sunshine Factor…

As the Chairman of National Ad 2 with 25+ young professional chapters around the country I can tell from first hand experience that it is not simply sunshine that depresses local salaries.

More [...]

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Using Blogs/Community for Career Advancement

By On April 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment

I read the following WSJ.com article on “How Blogging Can Help You Get a New Job” and decided it would be a good reference for some of the young professionals and business associates that I interact with to review or see in writing somewhere validation for what I try to have them do for their [...]

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Reflecting on Career Choice

By On November 1, 2006 · Leave a Comment

One of the most frequent questions I am asked and that I still often ask myself is, “why/how did you decide to go into business for yourself?”.

My usual response is something like “I fell into it” and refers to starting the Dynamic Creations in December of 1998 as a side business while working full [...]

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