Geoff Weathersby – Co-Founder of inLieu
[quote style=”boxed”]With passion and determination. I learned pretty early on that my greatest advantage is being willing to slug it out in any circumstance.[/quote] Geoff Weathersby is a recent graduate…
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Justin Bankhead – Race Director of Color Me Rad
[quote style=”boxed”]Save your money and make sure you know how much money you’re making. The more money you earn, the easier it is to spend more than you make.[/quote] Justin…
Thijs Geerdink – CEO of Sprowd.com
[quote style=”boxed”]If you want to start-up a business, consider crowdfunding. Getting the masses to support your plan will bring your future business to great heights.[/quote] Thijs Geerdink (31 years old)…
Tina Tangalakis – Founder of Della
[quote style=”boxed”]Keep doing what you’re doing, trust yourself and never listen to that voice of fear within you.[/quote] Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, designer Tina Tangalakis always sought…
Jeff Hanson – Owner of Jeffrey Owen Hanson
[quote style=”boxed”]My hope is that you, too, will find joy in being generous and compassionate with others.[/quote] Jeff Hanson is an 18-year-old, visually impaired artist from Overland Park, Kansas. Born…
Emile Cureau and Rachel Cope – Co-Founders LazyAngel
[quote style=”boxed”]Tenacity is the #1 quality of an entrepreneur, even before intelligence. I’d wager to say 9 out of 10 business failures are because of lack of tenacity.[/quote] LazyAngel co-founders…
Jake Wood
I’d find a way to pay myself sooner. I wasn’t able to dive in fully because I was constantly worried about putting food on the table–and my work suffered as…
Help Make a Movie That Matters
At our first IdeaMensch event in Los Angeles (the second one will be announced shortly), my colleague and filmmaker Court Crandall talked about how to make a movie that matters….
Alex Budak – Co-founder of StartSomeGood.com
He recently completed a Masters in Public Policy at Georgetown University, focusing on the intersection of technology and social entrepreneurship. His econometrics-based thesis, “Facebook, Twitter and Barack Obama: New Media and the…
Robert Wolfe – Co-founder of Crowdrise
Robert and Jeffrey Wolfe run Crowdrise day to day. In addition, they started and built Moosejaw, the successful multi-channel retailer that combined humor, crowdsourcing, social commerce and creative marketing to create an intensely…
Aaron Presley – Founder of EasiestGive
Aaron Presley founded EasiestGive, a website that allows its customers to donate needed products to homeless shelters in their area without leaving the computer. He is a self-proclaimed nomadic Web…
Nancy Williams – Managing Director of Gift of Travel
Nancy Williams started Gift of Travel and the Travel as a Fundraiser program in 2009 after selling her online travel company of 15 years, HoneyLuna, the Honeymoon Registry Service. Nancy…