Tampa Bay Business Journal compares the impact of Arnie Bellini to that of the “PayPal Mafia.” Just like that group of former employees and founders, including Elon Musk, went on to create additional highly successful ventures in Silicon Valley, Bellini has used the sale of ConnectWise to fuel the Tampa Bay startup scene.
Says Bellini, “The exit was a whole bunch of acorns dropping and creating an oak forest around ConnectWise.”
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