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"Jason Therrien keeps a sealed copy of the letter of intent next to his bed and on his desk. It reminds him of the choice he made: to go urban bike riding after work rather than sweating sports-car payments. To work in his own cozy office in a converted boiler room in MidTown's Creative Corridor instead of paying for downtown parking and pushing papers in a cubicle. To keep his goatee, work hard with people he considers friends and create a culture that's warm, rather than punching a clock and numbly reporting to several layers of management." "He could have taken the consulting position with Accenture Ltd.'s Cleveland office[George: Good thing he didn't. They're gone.]. But after they pushed back his start date a few times, Therrien, 24, says his heart wasn't in it. He had built up a nice client base with Thunder::Tech, the Web design and database development company that he launched from his dorm room at John Carroll University.