[quote style=”boxed”]Keep an organizer and organize your day. I like to plan my day and time allocation – it helps me stay on track. You get into this behavioral pattern where if you’re not deleting items from the list you actually feel bad.[/quote] Keisha DePaz is CEO and Founder of…
[quote style=”boxed”]Connect with your users. Use whatever means you can: email all new users personally, send survey’s, go to events where your users (or potential users) might be, and setup phone interviews with your frequent users. There is almost nothing more important than this in terms of learning what you’re…
[quote style=”boxed”]Stay product focused and use insanely intense project management software to keep track of development velocity. Without product you have nothing. Product has to be your number 1 priority.[/quote] Scott Lindenbaum is the President and COO of SPUN. Scott has been covered by CNN, MSNBC, and FOXnews, and has…
[quote style=”boxed”]Eliminate intolerance. People who aren’t taught that there are people who see the world and think differently than they do are the worst type of people.[/quote] David Redish is the co-founder of Slice Media, an award-winning BBB accredited creative studio located in Dallas, that conceptualizes and produces fresh content…
[quote style=”boxed”]Try, fail, try again, and again, until you succeed.[/quote] Zach Yungst grew up in Sarasota, Florida before attending Penn’s Wharton School. Post graduation, Zach worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and in private equity for TPG in San Francisco. Zach’s knowledge of San Francisco’s catering scene and passion…
[quote style=”boxed”]I babysat for a family of bird breeders, and they bred 650 birds in their home; I learned to always ask specifics about a job and a job’s environment in advance of agreeing to work there![/quote] If you film it, they will come. Armed with just a van and…
[quote style=”boxed”]One of the great things about having a small business is you’re not on everyone’s radar when starting out, so you’re allowed to make more mistakes and learn from them.[/quote] Alicia Arinella is a film producer living and working in NYC. Alicia incorporated her film production company On the…
[quote style=”boxed”]Be passionate in what you do. If there is no passion, you will not succeed in whatever you are doing.[/quote] Katherine Fleischman is a publicist and Founder of the company blink PR based in Miami, Florida. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a focus on Art History…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would have believed in the girl in the mirror more, and had more faith in her. [/quote] Wrinkled Records originated in a conversation between award-winning Nashville artist/songwriter Sandy Knox and her dad. No stranger to chart-topping songs, Knox co-wrote three consecutive hits for Reba McEntire, including the Grammy-winning “Does…
[quote style=”boxed”]Be coachable and passionate. Take advice from people who have been there before and from people who have failed. [/quote] Jerod Mollenhauer built a successful career in the insurance industry, receiving early promotions and increases in responsibility. He attributes this early success to hard work and discipline. At 19,…