How you make people feel will be your legacy, don’t forget that. Laurie Brednich is the CEO of HR Company Store that was founded in 2015. Laurie began her career in the insurance industry working for Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield, MetLife and Hartford Steam Boiler. She then…
Believe your inner voice. Try things, create, and try out with real people in the real world. Max Masure (they/them) is a gender inclusion strategist and co-founder of Argo Collective. They train organizations to use creativity, empathy and collaboration to tackle gender inclusion challenges by helping them find actionable…
Always put employees first in any situation, before anything else including investors, customers, etc. That’s why our customers are happy: because our employees are happy. Jonathan Benhamou is a French entrepreneur, investor and CEO of the international start-up PeopleDoc. Jonathan co-founded PeopleDoc in Paris in 2007, which is now…
Focus more on academics in school, take more risk at a younger age. Know that failure is part of life. Matthew Burr has over eleven years of experience working in the human resources field, starting his career as an Industrial Relations Intern at Kennedy Valve Manufacturing to most recently…
Size up before you start working. Iva Kozlovskaya is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Qubit Labs, an IT outsourcing company that finds and hires dedicated developers and opens R & D centers in Ukraine. She got a Master’s Degree in Psychology and started her career in recruiting. Now…
Balance is key to productivity and overall satisfaction when running a startup. Erin Halper is the founder and CEO of The Upside which matches businesses with best-in-class flexible, scalable and on-demand executive talent. Prior to launching The Upside, Erin built a career helping alternative investment companies market and grow…
Sometimes too much analysis can be paralysis. To bring an idea to life, you need to see it in action to really know if it works.” Scott Maichel has over 25 years of experience in the Payroll/HR Industry. After graduating college from Northern Illinois University, he began his career…
I always think about the quote from legendary basketball coach John Wooden: “Never confuse activity with achievement.” Each day by 5 p.m., I identify three things to accomplish the next day that will move the business forward with regard to revenue, product usage and distribution, and fundraising — in that…
Entrepreneurship is a constant battle against distraction. Laurence is CEO and co-founder of emphasisHR and previously co-founded a prominent corporate benefit consulting firm, Global Group. He has turned his passion for entrepreneurship and insatiable hunger to stay in front of the curve into one of the most responsive and…
Looking back on all the things I’ve ever started, every one had a common thread – I failed a lot at the beginning, which is completely OK. Darin Herle has a knack for building stuff. At age 5 he built his own rocket. At 10 he took apart the family…