I'm the CEO of Big Machine Records. I've worked with artists like Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts — here's a day in my life.

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Scott Borchetta.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Scott Borchetta, the 63-year-old CEO and chairman of Big Machine Label Group, based in Nashville. It's been edited for length and clarity.

I grew up in Nashville. Here are 7 things I wish tourists knew before they visited.

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I grew up in Nashville and know the city has so much to offer.

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Adam Neumann's new startup Flow faces trouble in Nashville

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Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann stepped down after a failed public launch.

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I lived in 2 big cities before moving back to my hometown. I can finally afford a home — and I got paid $5,000 to do it.

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Will Bishop and his wife, Lindsay, moved back to their hometown of Columbus, Georgia, after living in Atlanta and Nashville.

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The South's economic boom is masking a harsher reality. It still has several of the poorest states in the nation.

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Some Southern cities and states are thriving economically, but others are lagging behind.

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Larry Ellison says Oracle's HQ is moving to Nashville — 4 years after relocating from California to Texas

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Larry Ellison, Oracle's chairman, said Tuesday the company is planning a campus in Nashville.

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A millennial moved to Charleston from Nashville to get away from the bachelorette party scene. She's never been happier working her new dream job and paddleboarding in her new city.

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Kaelyn Dannenfelser shared with Business Insider what she likes about Charleston, South Carolina.

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The future of the US economy is in the South

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Dallas is among the Southern cities that could play a bigger role in the US's economic future.

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I'm a Nashville local. It's expensive and overrun by tourists, but it's still the best city in the world.

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Bryan Clayton moved from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Nashville in 2013.

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Sorry, New York and San Francisco: These 4 red-state cities could be the future of America

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Houston is the fourth-largest city in the US and the home to 26 Fortune 500 companies.

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