The world of startups is all about speed. Speed + the best people = competitive advantage. Harvard Business School graduate Nick Edwards is the co-founder and CEO of Boomtrain, a personalized notification platform that connects customers to content they’ll love. Driven by a passion for technology and media, Nick initially…
Vision, homework, hustle, sales, collaboration, and execution. Then, analyzing, testing, reevaluating, and ideally building it bigger if it works and starts gaining momentum. For more than a decade, Jesse Kirshbaum has been at the forefront of the music business, specializing in securing talent for concerts, tours, and endorsement deals for…
Put the customer first. Your customers are at the core of your business. Without them, you don’t have a business. As you’re building the product, think about your customers — better yet, ask them! Features and new products are fun and shiny, but if they don’t help the customer, why…
Pay closer attention to growing revenues than managing costs. Tim Hill, originally from the UK, has been in the publishing of scientific, technical and medical journals for most of the past 45 years. In 1969 Tim commenced working for John Wright and Sons at the Stonebridge press in the UK….
Seeking out advice early and often. The more input at the onset the more productive I can be in implementing ideas. Ilan Greenberg is the cofounder of Coda, a new crisis-reporting platform that stays for months at a time telling the story of a single unfolding event. Coda’s focus is…
Interact in social media. Set up a blog site and engage your customers. Set up Instagram and Twitter accounts and post information frequently that is useful and interesting to your clients. Melissa Muldoon is “la studentessa matta” the crazy linguist! She promotes the study of Italian language and culture through…
I only check emails at pre planned times. It’s the only way to stop email taking over your life and reacting to other people’s demands constantly. Kemi Egan is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, coach and author. She is the founder of Freedom academies, author of The Power of Real…
Be thankful and show others you are thankful. Richard A. Lena is a founder of the Brattle Publishing Group (BPG), a curriculum developer, and an instructional designer specializing in print and multimedia learning experiences for diverse audiences. For over 20 years, Richard has worked in publishing conceptualizing, designing, and managing…
I don’t let someone’s “no thanks” stop me from the next call. Nothing is personal, it just is. Lesley Lotto has worked in the Entertainment Industry for more than 20 years in both Radio News and as a Talent Agent in the Film Music Industry. Lesley started in the big…
Kathryn Starke is an urban elementary school reading specialist, literacy consultant, keynote speaker, and author. A native of Richmond Virginia, Kathryn graduated from Longwood University with a BS degree in elementary education and a Master’s degree in Literacy and Culture. She has taught first, second, and third grade and served…