Patrick Steel
Chief Executive OfficerPOLITICO
The Mistake: The mistake was enduring certain relationships for too long when your values don’t align. One of the things I wish I knew sooner is that...
If I Knew Then...
Even born leaders have learning curves. In this feature, local insiders share their wisdom and talk about mistakes that shaped their business philosophy.
Tod Hynes
Co-founder and CEOXL
The Mistake: The mistake was waiting too long to learn as much as we could about our potential customers' buying habits. XL is a fleet...
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Sierra Smith
co-founder
ZorpadsThe Mistake: Early on, I had a hard time filtering advice—and knowing that advice is just that, it’s advice. It’s not a command, it’s not a "you must...
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Amanda Brinkman
host
small business revolutionThe Mistake: Growing up, I always knew I wanted to get into the marketing or advertising space. I was very attracted to film and storytelling and...
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Ted Farnsworth
CEO
Helios and Matheson AnalyticsThe Mistake: Overplaying my hand. Back in the late ‘90s, I had a company in the internet space called Farmbid.com Which was all about agriculture. We...
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Maneet Chauhan
President
Morph Hospitality GroupThe Mistake: I make mistakes all the time. I think they are very important because you learn from them, whether they are small or big errors. I don't...
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Burt Hurlock
CEO
AzimaThe Mistake: Our company uses a monitoring technology proven very effective decades ago. It’s called condition data, and it tells you about the...
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Mike Lu
CEO
TrillerThe Mistake: My mistake was not setting the right expectations. Early in my career, I was making mobile games for a company that had been acquired by...
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Lisa Hamilton
EVP and Chief Program Officer
Annie E. Casey FoundationThe Mistake: My mistake was leaving a position that I enjoyed to accept another, less satisfying position that would advance my career. I had worked...
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Stuart Randle
CEO
IvenixThe Mistake About 20 years or so ago, I was pretty young in my career and was working for a very large corporation when we were going through a...
