Starting up: It's not easy, but Boise can create a better economic culture
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When asked by a reporter, "What do you regret in your business career?" J.R. Simplot, Idaho's premier entrepreneur replied, "I didn't think big enough." Considering the source, that was a powerful statement.
On a Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce junket to Northern California in 1983, Hewlett Packard hosted a cocktail party and exhibit for the visitors from Idaho. I told my salesman to think of something intelligent to say, because we might have 20 seconds to talk with David Packard, one of HP's founders, who was in attendance.
By Don Seehusen - Special to the Idaho Statesman
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