[quote style=”boxed”]My biggest failure as an entrepreneur was keeping things simple. I wanted to give my customers everything at once through my products, but that was a bad idea. I finally realized I needed to have one simple goal or vision and execute that really well. Once that goal or…
[quote style=”boxed”]Ideas may sound good in your head, but I find that I need to talk them out with others before I can tell for myself. If they pass my informal focus groups, then I jump to action plans.[/quote] Mike Newman, founder of stkr.it, is a veteran of the mobile…
[quote style=”boxed”]Persist. Keep believing in yourself, keep focusing on and reinforcing your strengths rather than your weaknesses, keep exposing yourself to new people, events and activities, keep getting out there and bump around, show up, have fun, and try not to be so hard on yourself.[/quote] Cliff Stevens is a…
[quote style=”boxed”]In my experience, I’ve found it’s valuable to focus on what I want the headline to say and work backwards from there.[/quote] Tracy Deforge, a “recovering attorney,” has been starting, growing and selling sports-related companies for over 12 years. Her less-than-traditional evolution through business and legal affairs—working on professional…
[quote style=”boxed”]Take a risk to accomplish and stand-up for your own dream, not follow others. Some people only dream of achieving great things, while others stay awake and do them.[/quote] Paul Schultz is a co-founder of Nurep, a digital health company focused on improving the interactions between the life science…
[quote style=”boxed”]For one day when I was a teenager, I worked at a car wash. It was my hell. It was so monotonous that I knew I should never settle and always fight for better.[/quote] TangoTab is a great online/mobile app that turns free dining deals into food for someone…
[quote style=”boxed”]Inundate your mind with information. Read everything.[/quote] In an article for TexasEnterprise.org, Brandon Chicotsky wrote about his American generation raised with the Internet as “digital natives.” At age 27, Chicotsky has immersed himself in the online space and managed cash-positive startups. One such startup included a training center that…
[quote style=”boxed”]Answer email as soon as you can. There is nothing ruder than letting an email linger and not getting back to people.[/quote] Brian Cardarella is the founder and President of DockYard, a leading Ruby on Rails software consultancy based in Boston. Brian has been developing software since he was…
[quote style=”boxed”]My philosophy has three pillars: 1) know the market, 2) know your consumers, and 3) trust your lens.[/quote] Steven Dziedzic is an innovator and adviser in consumer Internet searching. Currently, he is the founding CEO (and “head foodie”) of Hoppit, an angel-backed search engine and social network that enables…
[quote style=”boxed”]We have a bias toward action, with the caveat to always be testing.[/quote] Jeffrey Vocell is an analytics geek, early tech adopter, and entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder of a startup named Trendslide, a mobile dashboard app that provides actionable business insights to executives. After experiencing firsthand how difficult it…