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This is the "it" city I've heard that said

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I just like to take over "it"

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and just call it the information Technology city

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I like the way you think why not

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I mean this

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I mean you look at the companies that have 

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in transportation comp data

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in healthcare HCA and in all forms of logistics

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Nashville is a thought leader

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a historic leader in all forms of logistics

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in Tennessee of course

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with FedEx etcetera

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so Tennessee is the greatest place to start

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and grow a business

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Nashville's the absolute

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greatest place to start and grow a business

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how are you tapping

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into the enthusiasm that's already here

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well I

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the collaborative nature of Nashville is

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you know

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we had a conversation yesterday on using the phrase

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easy it's simple

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let's go with simple rather than easy

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see I do listen to you

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Johnny and

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you know I do think it's simple

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because the elements are all in place

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we couldn't put the geographic position of Nashville

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that's something I can't control

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we can't control just happens to be really good

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you know so we have that element in place

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I think some foresight from the leadership of the state

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from past years I mean

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no state income tax

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I sat at lunch today with someone

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and he's in from Chicago and I said well

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let's talk about some things

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and there's so many elements in place

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personally

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I'll feel like shame on me if we don't advance as

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into that position of prominence

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because it's all waiting to happen

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so Nashville has tax policy

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has a cosmopolitan field

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there's a lot of people from somewhere else here

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so everybody is comfortable meeting everybody

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we talked a lot about community in this

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set of conversations we've had today

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yes

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and John coach John Wooden said something like

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you can't teach height

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right and so he could take a 7 foot 2 

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human being and turn him into a 7 foot 2

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and my friend Bill Walton

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these these you

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you don't have Nashville has height

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Nashville has all the natural gifts

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and all we need to do is learn our eye

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hand coordination you know

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how we're passing the ball as teammates

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you know how are we playing this game

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what what

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what are your inspirations for leadership

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my father would be one just 

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just the way he was a very servant leader

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 I've been fortunate through my career

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to have some great mentors

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that I've Learned many great things from

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recently Learned the premise of a reverse mentor think

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we've chatted about that which is I'm all in on that

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learning from younger generations that can help me

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I believe be a better leader

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I think looking at leaders

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it comes from so many different forms of my life

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and I'd like to believe I've

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I've tried to look and be aware of those around me

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and to pick elements of uh

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what makes them special cause ultimately

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I think a good leader is someone 

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Dy said it earlier I mean he

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he went through a list of things and 

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I do believe it it's

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it's being aware of your team

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recognizing them correctly

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 just being very personal

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caring for them caring and

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and ultimately his phrase was be nice

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I think if that's a pretty good lesson for you

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for all of us you know

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whether we're leaders or not

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the world would be a better place

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that's why I think Nashville is a great center

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to do that because that's the community

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Nashville wants to help and support

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we've all lived that

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and so that's why that opportunity is so great here

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and to your point yes

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I would love to see it move throughout society

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to where it touches all areas

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because that's for the good of mankind

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yeah our

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our our quality of life here

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has a lot to do with the quality of government

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the quality of regional and

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mayoral and city and other types of

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of leaders coming together

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together with their industrial counterparts

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you know the rest of this ecosystem

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and we haven't spent a lot of time talking today about

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how our government can be a partner

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and I don't I don't maybe

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maybe we could speak a little bit about that

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and again it goes into the stars aligned

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we have a mayor that supports technology

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he has a background from technology absolutely

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he's a tech dude he's absolutely is

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and Freddy has an understanding

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which is a great perspective 

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this city to build from this region

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to build from

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and so we gotta utilize that

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I think it's public and private investment is critical

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I mean I love what Jeremy's done and achieved

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and he'll be the first to tell you

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he'll line up and talk about how the states

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had involvement how certain companies

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private companies have come to the table

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it's pretty fun when you can do that together 

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what is the spirit of innovation

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what is the spirit of of

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of what moves them as leaders

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and as people participating in this ecosystem

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so I'm I'm

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I'm proud to be a part of it

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I'm I'm here to just shout from the rooftops

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top of Alliance Bernstein with you about what

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what you're doing right and what we're doing what

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what else could we do is a good question

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you asked that question when we first got together

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what else could we do and I think we're doing it today

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what what else could we do

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well I think there's

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I mean I'm not here to say that everything's working

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in perfection because I told you one of my goals

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I want us to have that worldwide prominence

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we're not there at this point um

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I think it's it's just connecting folks effectively

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cause the desire is to make Nashville great okay

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um what else could we do

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it revolves we talk about human talent

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it's capital it's

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there's so many different elements

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we just gotta piece together effectively

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it's like the we've got the jigsaw puzzle

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someone's given us all the pieces

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we just gotta put them together to make that final

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final jigsaw um

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piece of art yeah

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it's a piece of art absolutely

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but it's not like

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there's not a piece missing from the box in my opinion

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I think it's all there it's just okay

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we gotta figure out how to connect them effectively

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so directly you look out three years from now um

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what do you see

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I'd like to see where we have an ecosystem in place

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to where we've got a clear process that finds talent

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it then develops talent and it retains talent

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uh when I say that there's elements that that's

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and when we talk about collaboration

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that's gonna require the school systems

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the city the state uh

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we've all got to be working in harmony

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but there's no reason that can't happen

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because I believe we have

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goes back to that special

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special source and the special source is the people

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that's the special source of of this region

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it's the people um

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both of you have been successful in business

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you're givers you're not takers

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I mean and I think that's something that's um

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I don't say unique

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because I'm sure there's other places

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but I don't know whether there's places that do it

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as well as this community

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that's her that's her closer

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there you go

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thank you for being a part of this experience

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no I love you for being part of this

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it's uh you were vital in my mind

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for this to be where we can fulfill the potential

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so I appreciate you both we're not done

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not even started not even close