Any effort is always focused around what we can build to make the experience for our users better - make her more productive, make it easier and more efficient for her to work with her team. Jipy Mohanty scaled engineering for an Austin based … [Read more]
Shanon Marks – Chief Innovation Officer of MU/DAI
Productivity is pretty easy in a startup environment. It’s like swimming in the ocean: You can stop, but that’s not going to work out well for you. Shanon Marks, chief innovation officer of MU/DAI, has been defining the experience in digital and … [Read more]
Allison Lami Sawyer – CEO of Rebellion Photonics
Make a list, prioritize, delegate, delegate, delegate. It’s so important to trust your people. Allison Lami Sawyer is the CEO and co-founder of Rebellion Photonics, an advanced optics company spun out of Rice University in 2009. Rebellion … [Read more]
Steve Randazzo – President of Pro Motion
All of us provide our goals for the next week the Friday before. This allows me to think about what I need to get done, and it also provides accountability because everyone sees each other’s game plan. We also share our goals each day in the 9:27 … [Read more]
Matti Kon – CEO of InfoTech
Stay close to your people, they are the biggest asset you have; nurture them, embrace them, encourage them and promote them whenever you have the opportunity to do so. Matti Kon, CEO of InfoTech, was born in Austria and moved to Israel with his … [Read more]
Chris Kramer – Founding Partner of House of Kaizen
Always hire the best people you can find, both within your company and outside it. Trust your lawyers, accountants, and advisors, and don’t try to do everything yourself. Chris Kramer is a founding partner at House of Kaizen, a leading end-to-end … [Read more]
Vivek Sharma – CEO of Movable Ink
The biggest advice I’d give is to make sure that you’re 100 percent aligned with your co-founder on how far you are committed. Also, be brutally honest with yourself about what’s working and what’s not, and iterate fast. Don’t lie to yourself because … [Read more]
Jeff Carter – Founder of Grand Coast Capital Group
Make sure you take time every day to read up on a new topic. Doing so will help you grow into a better person, family member, boss, employee, etc. Jeff Carter is the managing director and founder of Grand Coast Capital Group, where he oversees all … [Read more]
Yoli Chisholm – Founder of Welearnlive.com
Everyone can be excellent for an hour…so only think and do things in 1 hour increments. Yoli Chisholm is a pioneer in the Internet space first gaining online experience back in 1999 in Canada with start-up Chapters.ca that was the Canadian … [Read more]
Erik Chan – Founder of Angelbacker
Stay persistent, optimistic, and don’t make the same mistakes again. Every entrepreneur needs to stay persistent and optimistic to stay being an entrepreneur. Want-to-be-entrepreneurs make excuses for themselves. A serial entrepreneur and … [Read more]
Benjy Feinberg – Co-founder and CEO of Behalf
I like to think about technology as fueling today’s move toward disintermediation — removing the middleman from the supply chain process. As new technologies develop, the masses can access more information directly. Ultimately, this trend makes life … [Read more]
A Fresh Start for IdeaMensch
I started IdeaMensch about six years ago because I wanted to learn from entrepreneurs. I didn't really want to be an entrepreneur but was obsessed with how entrepreneurs of all kinds seemed to be the absolute best at bringing ideas to life. At the … [Read more]