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Ryan Novak of Chocolate Pizza Company: “Succeed first, expand later”

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What were your early inspirations that set you off on your particular journey? Succeed first, expand later. As your company changes, so do the supporting players. The view from the summit is impressive; so are the storms. Enjoy more sunsets?—?find find your balance. Can you tell us a bit about your ‘backstory’ and how you grew up?

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Jeff DeFranco: “If you can dream it, you can do it”

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This is always easy to say, but in a time of crisis, it becomes more evident and necessary to model. As a part of my series about the things we can do to remain hopeful and support each other during anxious times, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeff DeFranco. I’ve known since I was a college student that I wanted to be a college president.

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“Dreamers who ignored the naysayers and did what others said was impossible” With Candice Georgiadis & Danny Umali

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Since 2010, Danny Umali has been serving families in the metro Atlanta area as a private college planner. I learned a lot about computers my freshman year of college in an introductory course and everything I know about technology was built from that foundation. I am part of Generation X, so we’ve been through a lot of changes.

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“The Five Things You Need To Know In Order To Create A Very Successful Tech Company” with Stacy Kirk

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In 2010, Stacy founded QualityWorks Consulting Group , a global leader in software quality innovation and delivery, based in Los Angeles, California. They offer solutions that have saved their clients thousands of dollars and decreased their time to market. Before we dive in, our readers would love to learn a bit more about you.

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Les Strech of Thrive Senior Living: “That “never quit” mindset has paid off over and over again as the risks”

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I think the responsible way to approach the tension around the risk of winning or failing is to make sure that you’ve done everything possible to measure the risk, fully knowing that any risk worth taking will not offer you all of the facts. As a part of our series about business leaders who are shaking things up in their industry Les Strech.