[quote style=”boxed”]As an entrepreneur tenacity is one of the greatest skills you can have. It’s the skill that provides the perseverance to see an idea through from inception to delivery. [/quote] Peter Harris formed QiQ in 1998 after working Barclays, a UK banking group, for 15 years. While initially providing web…
[quote style=”boxed”]The simple answer is I take action. There are so many people who sit around and talk about their ideas, but talk is the only thing they do. However, taking action doesn’t mean blindly starting a business; you have to walk before you run.[/quote] Kevin Tighe II currently serves…
[quote style=”boxed”]Passion. Determination, Flexibility. Audacity. Learning from Failure. Constant Assessment. Will.[/quote] Blake Hall, an Army Ranger, is the Founder and CEO of ID.me, a digital identity network that empowers individuals to prove their identity and group affiliations while controlling how their information is shared online. Blake led a battalion reconnaissance…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would be more conscious of how owning your own business causes you to sacrifice other parts of your life, sometimes costly sacrifices.[/quote] A member of the 1994 silver medal Canadian Olympic team and CMG Sports president, Allain Roy serves as the personal representative of clients, responsible for enhancing…
[quote style=”boxed”]”…learn to be more patient and stop to think before [you] jump into doing things right away.”[/quote] Barbora Nevosadova is a co-founder of travel planner Tripomatic.com and visual flight search engine WhichAirline.com. In her work she combines two of her passions – traveling and online marketing. She loves traveling…
[quote style=”boxed”]”Always go back and ask, “Why?” You need to remember your goals and objectives for the company and make sure you’re putting new plans in place to achieve them.”[/quote] Amanda L. Barbara is the vice president of Pubslush, a global crowdfunding publishing platform for books where authors raise funds…
[quote style=”boxed”]”Don’t lose focus and go after the next shinny bubble you find along the way.”[/quote] Zeke Camusio, our head of business development, is a serial entrepreneur who started seven companies and sold three of them. Zeke is also a published author, an avid traveler (96 countries so far and…
I constantly look for ways to make things more efficient, more cost effective, easier, simpler, and in one word better. Brendan Egan grew up in the Chicago suburb of Glenview, Illinois. Growing up he always had an entrepreneurial mind and worked to improve upon the ideas of others. At…
[quote style=”boxed”]”By letting yourself be vulnerable, you invite failure, but success trails closely behind.”[/quote] As president and CEO of The Gordon Group, a holding company that primarily manages GraduationSource and Avanti Systems USA, Matthew Gordon strives to foster positive corporate culture. Additionally, his passion for empowering young minds carries over…
[quote style=”boxed”]”Competition, confidence, trust, and focus push me to new heights daily.”[/quote] Matt is the co-founder and CEO of Porch, the only consumer and social Internet marketplace that connects homeowners with the right home service professionals based on insights into who neighbors have used, project and cost history, and friend…