Jim Thomas – Founder and CEO of Itemize.com

Jim Thomas - Founder and CEO of Itemize.com

[quote style=”boxed”]Ask iconoclastic questions. Assemble talented and diverse teams of smart and motivated people. Challenge them to combine their expertise to solve new obstacles. Make people explain it in English. Draw a lot on the walls. Roll up my own sleeves to communicate the vision, demonstrate commitment and be ready…

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Erik Severinghaus – Founder of KoalaDeal

Erik Severinghaus - Founder of KoalaDeal

Erik Severinghaus is a Chicago based entrepreneur and business leader. As a student at the University of North Carolina, he founded a successful consulting company, helped launch iContact (a leading and fast-growing email marketing company) and ran a K-12 education software infrastructure company that he later sold. In 2004, Erik…

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Mike Fridgen – CEO of Decide

Mike Fridgen - CEO of Decide

[quote style=”boxed”]How about three books – Atlas Shrugged, Outliers, and Buffet: The Making of an American Capitalist.  Oh yeah, one more, I read Harry Potter most nights to my son.[/quote] Mike Fridgen is a serial entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience launching successful consumer Internet companies.  Mike is currently CEO at…

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Katrina Carroll-Foster and Tracey Solomon – Founders of Hoseanna

Katrina Carroll-Foster and Tracey Solomon - Founders of Hoseanna

[quote style=”boxed”] We’re not sure what your readers would most value, but to us, we’d share this: building your brand (even for start-ups) is important. We all hear ‘go early, go ugly’ but we think consumers nowadays expect more than just ‘ugly’. Differentiating on product or service isn’t always easy,…

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Jason Kim and Bernie Yoo – Co-Founders of Bombfell

Jason Kim and Bernie Yoo - Co-Founders of Bombfell

[highlight] “You won’t figure it out sitting around and thinking – just do.” [/highlight] Jason Kim and Bernie Yoo have been friends for 12 years and have rounded up cattle in Wyoming and Montana, competed in scavenger hunts in New York and San Francisco and dug latrines in Australia. Prior…

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Alexander Levine – Founder of OldVersion.com

Alexander Levine - Founder of OldVersion.com

Alexander Levine is most recognized for starting OldVersion.com at 12 years old. OldVersion.com now serves over 1,000,000 unique visitors per month and successfully generates enough revenue for the young entrepreneur to cover his living expenses & tuition. The web site is a repertoire of old versions of software with the…

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Loren Bendele – CEO of Savings.com

Loren Bendele - CEO of Savings.com

[quote style=”boxed”]People. I like working with passionate people…making things happen, creating ideas and executing.[/quote] Loren Bendele joined Savings.com in January 2007 as the CEO. Prior to Savings.com Loren ran Teleflora’s Partner Marketing business, selling through key relationships including USAA, UPS, American Express, Sears, JC Penney, American Airlines, United Airlines, Continental…

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