[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…
Matt Galligan is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for SimpleGeo, where he oversees the strategic direction of the company. He founded SimpleGeo in 2009 with Joe Stump with the goal of providing a location infrastructure for developers to easily add location-aware elements to consumer and business applications – a…
[quote style=”boxed”]By listening, doing it as soon as possible and getting feedback from customers and stakeholders. Then listening some more. [/quote] Joshua Hernandez has been starting companies or participating in start-ups since he arrived to Chicago from Puerto Rico in 1996. “My first start-up was making comic books with my friends…
[quote style=”boxed”]Dream it, build an amazing team and culture of people with different skill sets to build the best product and inspire others to believe in the vision. Momentum is key.[/quote] Nathan Lands is the Co-Founder of Gamigy. He began his journey as an entrepreneur at the age of 15…
Before creating KneeBouncers, Jim Robinson and Kurt Dommermuth have spent a combined 36 years in marketing and advertising. Managing, directing and producing dozens of award winning promotional campaigns for high profile entertainment, hospitality, non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies. They are the owners and driving force behind PUNCH a highly successful…
Meet Jim Robinson and Kurt Dommermuth – Founders of KneeBouncers
Julien Mayot was born in Lille, France. At age 6, while living in Paris, he started his first business: selling chestnuts! He would send his two sisters collect chestnuts from the trees of his backyard in the heart of Paris. He would then bag them and sell them in the neighborhood,…
Tak Fung always had an interest in video games, as it was part of the culture in Hong Kong where he was born. His first console was a Japanese Nintendo Entertainment System — or the “Red and White Machine” as it was commonly referred to in Asia. His interest grew…