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 2008 Presidential election,” is the first such paper to quantify how new media informed the national elections in 2008. He’s…
Tyler Bleszinski is the founder and editorial director of SB Nation which is the fastest growing online sports media company. He is responsible for building the foundation of the more than 300 sites that have become immensely popular with sports fans around the world. He works with the bloggers on…
[quote style=”boxed”]I spend a lot of time reading, observing and talking with people. To stay relevant in today’s market you can never stop learning and you must remain open and receptive to change. I make sure that I have several hours a week for time to ponder and reflect. This…
[quote style=”boxed”] We’re not sure what your readers would most value, but to us, we’d share this: building your brand (even for start-ups) is important. We all hear ‘go early, go ugly’ but we think consumers nowadays expect more than just ‘ugly’. Differentiating on product or service isn’t always easy,…
Meet Katrina Carroll-Foster and Tracey Solomon – Founders of Hoseanna
[quote style=”boxed”]Don’t say “I can’t do it” until you give it your best effort.[/quote] Born in an Industrial city of Coimbatore, Anand K Parameswaran grew up among his kith and kins who are small business entrepreneurs. From his childhood he had the dream of starting his own business and was…
Meet Anand K Parameswaran – Chicken, Insurance and Cookware Entrepreneur
Tom Churm abandoned his career as an advertising copywriter to seek truth and punk rock… But instead, he ended up moving to Berlin, Germany where he invented the world’s original online alarm clock website. What are you working on right now? Right now I’m scanning the web for interesting clocks to…
Thom Holland is an American entrepreneur most notably known for being the Co-founder and CEO of Beckon. He is a graduate of Florida State University and holds a MBA with a specialization in marketing. What are you working on right now? We build better businesses. For the past year we’ve…
[quote style=”boxed”] A new idea starts out as one small note taking during whatever occasion and is refined constantly over time. [/quote] Robert Boehme the CEO Part Time Scientists, a German based team of over 100 scientists, engineers and researcher that are working in cooperation with over 50 industrial partners towards…
Sem Schuurkes and Pieter van Tilburg are University buddies who share a passion for entrepreneurship and travelling. During their studies in Business Administration at the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands, they shared ideas and often discussed their entrepreneurial ambitions. After many trips, they recognized that the current hotels and hostels did…
Meet Sem Schuurkes and Pieter van Tilburg – Founders of CityHub Hotels
[quote style=”boxed”]I decide. It can be an incredibly painful process, and it doesn’t happen very often, but when it does…watch out.[/quote] Al Pittampalli is founder of The Modern Meeting Company, a group that helps organizations transform meetings, make decisions, and coordinate complex teams. As an IT advisor at Ernst &…
Meet Al Pittampalli – Architect of the Modern Meeting Standard