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IDEAS' Lead Developer Thomas Gorence is one of the hosts at the WordPress Orlando Roundtable Meet Up on Saturday August 17, 2013 from 9:30am - 12:30pm at the Downtown Orlando headquarters of IDEAS. Space is limited for the event, which is for beginner, intermediate, and serious WordPress professionals. The topics of the...
IDEAS announced it has named John Lux it’s Chief Operating Officer. Lux has been with IDEAS since its beginning twelve years ago serving most recently as President. Prior to his time at IDEAS Lux was an Operations Manager at the Walt Disney Company. IDEAS Founder Bob Allen notes, “John has...
Originally posted on the Inc. website by Geoffrey James, excerpts below: Management skills don't make an entrepreneur great. Neither does access to capital or innovative thinking. It's something much more simple. Some people believe it's the ability to innovate. However, many startups are refinements of existing business models or improvements on how everyday products and...
Blog #5 July 5, 2013: It is hard to put into words everything that I experienced while out at the Director’s Labs in Sundance, Utah. I actually found myself using words and truly understanding the meaning of them for the first time. The mountains were majestic and the energy was...
IDEAS announced it is launching a professional development speaker series called IDEAS On… The series will feature a once a month half day seminar on various topics that the IDEAS team has specific expertise on, including branding, storytelling, innovation, social media for business, and service excellence. “Professional development is something...
A friend of mine used to remind me of this phrase a lot: “be a duck.” No she wasn’t telling me to go jump in a pond, she was giving me great advice when dealing with people. In a work environment, you’re going to have all kinds of personalities. This...
About Startup Grind: Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month they welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with the community and tells the group what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an...
Originally posted on the FastCo.Design website by Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn, excerpts below: It may seem counterintuitive, but in a business environment that usually hypes “more, more, more,” people increasingly are opting for less. They’re responding to products with simpler features. Across a broad range of industries, encompassing all sorts of products...
Originally posted on the Inc. website by Francesca Louise Fenzi & Penelope Trunk, excerpts below: Do one thing every day that scares you; that was Eleanor Roosevelt's advice. The idea being that the more you venture outside your comfort zone, the more you will learn and grow from the unexpected. Here are three great reasons to...
IDEAS' Lead Developer Thomas Gorence is one of the hosts at the WordPress Orlando Roundtable Meet Up on Saturday June 29, 2013 from 9:30am - 12:30pm at the Downtown Orlando headquarters of IDEAS. Space is limited for the event, which is for beginner, intermediate, and serious WordPress professionals. The topics of the Meet...
My Story: Act One by Katie Schafer My childhood consisted of writing stories on construction paper, performing plays for a tolerant audience (my parents), and memorizing my favorite children’s books so I could recite them to anyone who would listen. In the summer of 2006 the IDEAS team graciously took me...
Orlando-based IDEAS announced the launch of a 25% cash rebate for post production services for qualifying television and film projects. While some countries, states, and even counties offer incentives for the entertainment industry, IDEAS will offer a cash-based rebate package immediately making them a destination for post production. "In the...
