Terry Starbucker

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What Oregon Entrepreneurs Can Teach All Of Us About Leadership

Terry Starbucker

Since I moved to Portland in 2010 I’ve become fascinated with a particular kind of business person – Oregon entrepreneurs. To a person, the Oregon entrepreneurs I have written about don’t have much distance separating themselves, their employees, and their customers.

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Brilliant Boutique: 10 Keys To Lasting Small Business Success

Terry Starbucker

It wasn’t hard to like Sarah Young as soon as we walked into her downtown store back in 2010, when we first moved to Portland. There were many nuggets of wisdom for any aspiring entrepreneur, and here they are, in Sarah’s own words: Pick the right place.

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Why You Should Bring a Startup Founder Mindset To Your Leadership

Terry Starbucker

When I moved here to Portland in 2010 I wasn’t really looking for those folks – I had just gotten out of a long-time corporate career, mostly in the Cable TV business, and was looking to settle into a nice business/leadership consulting practice whilst I kept writing my blog and my book.

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Leaders Should Be (More) Human Too: In Praise of Touchy-Feely

Terry Starbucker

When I look back at 998 posts and pinpoint the day I completely embraced the concept of More Human leadership, and took my first shot at defining it, it was the day I wrote this post in February 2010. It all boiled over onto this post, proclaiming my “freedom to be human” The Big (and Hard) Lessons.

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Leaders Can Be Human Too: In Praise of Touchy-Feely

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Leaders Can Be Human Too: In Praise of Touchy-Feely by Starbucker on February 14, 2010 My first executive leadership opportunity came very early for me – at age 27. February 17, 2010 at 3:34 am Great post – thanks!

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All Great Content Is An Intersection: The Brian Clark Interview

Terry Starbucker

I think the entrepreneur in me refuses to move on until I get this thing to a certain point. Leave a Comment Previous post: Supertramp Talks Social Media – 30 Years Before It Exists Next post: The Most Important Blog Post You’ll Ever Read Today is Wednesday, December 08th, 2010 "Dealing with the literal world in a favorable way."

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The Most Useless Word in the English Language (And Why You Should.

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Most Useless Word in the English Language (And Why You Should Get It Out Of Your Life) by Starbucker on May 20, 2010 “It can’t be done” “You can’t do that” How many times have you heard these words? Great post, Terry!