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Interviews

Founders don’t come with instruction manuals. Neither do these interviews. What you’ll find here are real conversations with people who’ve built things. Some massive, some modest, all meaningful. They talk about what worked, what didn’t, and the stuff nobody warns you about. No highlight reels. No curated origin stories designed to make you feel bad about your Tuesday.

The founders featured here come from every industry imaginable. Tech, food, fashion, healthcare, education. Some raised millions. Others bootstrapped with pocket change and a stubborn refusal to quit. The common thread isn’t money or fame. It’s the willingness to start something when the outcome was far from guaranteed.

These interviews cover the practical stuff too. Daily routines. Biggest mistakes. The advice they’d give their younger selves. How they handle the days when nothing seems to work. Because those days happen to everyone, even the people who look like they’ve got it all figured out.

If you’re starting something, thinking about starting something, or just curious about what makes founders tick, this is a good place to spend some time. Not because every answer will apply to your situation. But because somewhere in here, someone said the thing you needed to hear.

Dave Elchoness – Co-Founder and CEO of Tagwhat

  [quote style=”boxed”]Learn to enjoy the moment. In the past, I’ve gotten too focused on what’s next rather than living in the present.[/quote] Dave Elchoness co-founded Tagwhat with Don Cramer…

Meet Dave Elchoness – Co-Founder and CEO of Tagwhat

Marc Nager – CEO of Startup Weekend

[quote style=”boxed”]It’s simple. Find someone else passionate about the same problem you are trying to solve, start talking about it, then start making it happen. Something as simple as having…

Meet Marc Nager – CEO of Startup Weekend

Erik Severinghaus – Founder of KoalaDeal

Erik Severinghaus is a Chicago based entrepreneur and business leader. As a student at the University of North Carolina, he founded a successful consulting company, helped launch iContact (a leading…

Meet Erik Severinghaus – Founder of KoalaDeal

Sarah Rich – Co-founder of Longshot Magazine

[quote style=”boxed”]I think the job I hate most was working as the front desk manager at a yoga studio in Berkeley. It really brought out the impatient side of me….

Meet Sarah Rich – Co-founder of Longshot Magazine

Eli Portnoy – Founder and CEO of ThinkNear

[quote style=”boxed”]I visualize it and I try to figure out all of the components we need to make it a reality and then I start working on each one.  I…

Meet Eli Portnoy – Founder and CEO of ThinkNear

Lawrence Coburn – Founder and CEO of DoubleDutch

[quote style=”boxed”]I believe strongly in hiring the best available entrepreneurial talent over the best available experience fit.  At a startup, everyone has to do bit of everything… it’s best to…

Meet Lawrence Coburn – Founder and CEO of DoubleDutch

Nalden – Creator of Nalden.net

[quote style=”boxed”]Every day is different, but most days I try to get my mail done in the mornings and evenings. In between it’s meeting people, connect, share and build.[/quote] Nalden…

Meet Nalden – Creator of Nalden.net

Dayson Pais – Founder and Janitor of Textme

[quote style=”boxed”]I have an idea that could improve sales. I’ve always felt that web services from the west (for example: Google Apps, Get Satisfaction, Mailchimp, etc.) should price differently for…

Meet Dayson Pais – Founder and Janitor of Textme

Don Charlton – Founder and CEO of The Resumator

[quote style=”boxed”]Paying for my $75 bus ticket to college. The summer before college, everyday I walked three miles to the mall at 7am to get picked up to paint classrooms…

Meet Don Charlton – Founder and CEO of The Resumator

Upstart Bootcamp – AppSumo Giveaway

Hey I just got back from the Brauhaus and I got an email from our friends at AppSumo, and they’re including us in another giveaway. This one is more relevant…

Meet Upstart Bootcamp – AppSumo Giveaway

Marcelo Pham – Founder of Akibot

[quote style=”boxed”]I believe in teamwork. In my opinion, a good team is not defined by a few (engineers, soccer players, anything…) but the performance of the whole team altogether. So…

Meet Marcelo Pham – Founder of Akibot

Mona Bijoor – Founder and CEO of JOOR

  [quote style=”boxed”]To accomplish anything, all you need is planning, research and the guts to make it happen. I spend a lot of time researching and talking to experts, then…

Meet Mona Bijoor – Founder and CEO of JOOR

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