James Browning
James Browning
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Our first store, in 1990, was in the shopping center where the movie theater is now. We bought selected books from a bookseller in DeLand and we had already developed a good business core in the selling and trading side of the business.
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Over the next five years, we'd expect to have eight to 15 companies in our portfolio. And in five years, exiting by selling should create nice returns for our investors. Some will sock it away, but others will look to go into our next fund.
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Our goal is to get to see them. We're like the Detroit Pistons when they had to beat the Boston Celtics. Our championship would be to beat them.
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Our feelings are we're still alive and still have momentum behind us. We know in our hearts we can do it.
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Our core concern wasn't really answered, which is that the golf course becomes a substitute for the governor's office,
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Regardless of what time you change or move or do anything, if it's for a positive effort, it's always a good day to do it.
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just liked it. I think we should do one of Fellowship of the Rings.
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My parents gave me this name so I wouldn't change it, plus my father has the same name,
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There are a lot of great moments, great times. Hilarious, the movie was, but it had a deep meaning.
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We need transparency and access to the information being used to make these decisions.
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The potential profits are so high there's a win-at-any-cost mentality.
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We started off in the Oak Hill Flea Market, about 1988, selling just about everything, but after a short period of time we found that books sold best. After a while we just got too big for the flea market and since my wife and I always loved books and reading, the natural progression was for us to open a bookstore.
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Funky' is about the injustices, the things that go wrong, the hungry kids going to school trying to learn,
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We try to make your experience easy and comfortable. Life is complicated enough.