[quote style=”boxed”]We’re bootstrapping, so it’s a hectic schedule. I wake up, eat breakfast, and head out for work at my full time gig. When I’m at my full time job, it’s all business. I don’t mix startup life and work, but I do sometimes make phone calls at lunch or…
[quote style=”boxed”]Be open with your ideas. Tell everyone you know, and then some, what you are doing. Telling your story makes it real, and you never know when you will meet that special someone who will change your direction for the better.[/quote] Nicholas has been a serial-entrepreneur since his first…
[quote style=”boxed”]As an entrepreneur, you must be willing to take calculated risks. You have to be open to not succeeding the first time or second because each time you fail, the next version just gets better.[/quote] Shay Fu is Co-Founder of Creativeinterns.com and Vice President, Director of Talent Operations and…
[quote style=”boxed”]Talk to customers. You’ll be surprised how much more quickly you can uncover problems and solutions if you just talk to your customers.[/quote] Instead of thinking of human resources as a department for hiring and firing, Joseph Fung had a different vision. He believes in the power of social HR, which…
[quote style=”boxed”]Ask for help and feedback. I realize this may be a cliché piece of advice, but I don’t think it can be emphasized enough. As much as I seek guidance from others on building my business, I still often need to be reminded that I’m not in this alone…
[quote style=”boxed”]As a service business, our brilliant ideas tend to be about how we execute. Seems to me, whether it is culture or ethics or process, intangibles spread best by example.[/quote] In 2006, Tim Conti co-founded ON Search Partners, a quickly rising star in the retained executive search industry bringing…
[quote style=”boxed”]We want to start promoting the idea of loving yourself, each other, and our culture starting at a young age.[/quote] Christina Duren is the Founder of Beautiful The Beautiful Brown Girls Brunch Club (BBGBC), South Florida’s monthly brunch soiree for African American women to connect and build long lasting…
Meet Christina Duren – Founder of The Beautiful Brown Girls Brunch Club
[quote style=”boxed”]Conversation. It’s amazing what you’ll learn from talking to people, whether that be someone you trust or the guy who sells hot dogs on the corner. Ideas can come out of the smallest thing mentioned in a conversation.[/quote] Will Russell is the Co-Founder of ReadyRez.com, a website dedicated to…
[quote style=”boxed”]The best way to do that is to start with what you have at the minimum level, then chisel and perfect it as you go rather than aim for the home run.[/quote] Syed Shuttari is the Founder and CEO of LetsLunch.com. A database engineer by profession, he specializes in…
[quote style=”boxed”]Ideas come to life when they’re ready. I find they hit me when I’m washing dishes or vacuuming or meditating. They might come to mind right as I’m waking up in the morning or just as I go to sleep at night.[/quote] Tara Agacayak likes to call herself a…