Research is key to being an entrepreneur. It’s also good to remember that you always get what you pay for. Meredith Stevens has been identified as one of the rising stars of the digital design industry with her work at Miss Bongo. During her college years, Meredith Stevens spent…
Keep staying optimistic – there are plenty of low points or disappointments that you face as an entrepreneur, sometimes on a daily basis, but if you keep focused on a longer term goal and have a positive attitude each day, that will keep you in a good frame of mind….
Everything that happens has a specific purpose and is for the ultimate good. If we learn to accept, love, and embrace life’s ups and downs we’ll happily ride the wave to our destination. Isaac is Co-Founder at Exeq, an early stage startup based in New York City bringing the…
From the beginning, we’ve surrounded ourselves with advisors who have gone through start-ups and small business experience before. Without their advice and guidance, we would have been lost. Casey Isaacson is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Dig – The Dog Person’s Dating App, which she started both…
Don’t be afraid to rethink your approach over and over. You may think you have the right idea or concept, but in practice and with ample user testing you will find that the rocket ship you thought originally was needed, the users want a bike instead, so build the bike!…
As soon as you have an idea you should start building a really basic version of your big vision. Learn how to build it and hack something together to start testing it. It’s really important to build a very basic version of your idea then see if people are actually…
Charu Babbar is the co-founder of ProductivitySpot, a site dedicated to help professionals and entrepreneurs get more from the apps and tools they use for their work. After a successful stint as a Technology Marketer with industry giants like Oracle, IBM and Adobe, she decided to test her mettle and…
Patience, patience, patience. Rome wasn’t built overnight and neither was your business. Success requires a steady stream of consistent work. Estee Goldschmidt is the co-founder & CEO of ShopDrop app, a virtual GPS to sample sales. When working at Estee Lauder, Estee struggled to dress in designer clothes while…
Keeping time aside in your schedule to speak to several customers a week is time well spent. Fiona Adler is the founder of Actioned.com – a productivity tool for individuals and teams. Actioned is the third company Fiona has built and it addresses a problem she’s experienced in her…
Make things 1% better every day. Judd Schoenholtz is the Co-Founder and CEO of Open Listings. Judd and his wife bought their first home in 2011, and he’s been singularly obsessed with fixing the homebuying process ever since. Before founding Open Listings, Judd was Group Director of User Experience…