That's no longer true. Once, melding technical and business skills occurred after several years in the work force. The new wrinkle is it's happening to high school students, many of whom are more inclined to use spare time to surf the Net than pursue sports. Ephren Taylor Jr. personifies the new thinking that technical and business skills make a powerful career-building tool.
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While not an original idea, it was a money-making concept. So GoFerretGo in Overland Park, Mo., was born. Taylor was the techie and Stahl was the businessman. Taylor gets peeved if he is identified only for his technical skills. He boasts of having been part of the strategic planning process with a say in every major decision.