[quote style=”boxed”]Question everything but – at the end of the day – believe in yourself and believe you can do it (whatever that is.) Positive attitude radiates and attracts staff and clients who buy into that energy.[/quote] Karen Perry-Weinstat is founder of Event Journal, Inc., a full-service marketing company for…
[quote style=”boxed”]”Anyone can have a great idea. Though bringing them to life is a team sport.”[/quote] Alex Caredes is a Co-founder of Mailbooks For Good, an innovation in book publishing which encourages book donations to charities via specially designed book jackets that turn into pre-addressed envelopes. Alex is also Director…
[quote style=”boxed”]Live in California sooner. The entrepreneurial spirit is contagious, particularly in and around San Francisco.[/quote] Bridgett Luther comes to the Institute with a long history of involvement in environmental protection and efforts to protect natural resources for future generations. Most recently, she spent five years as Director of the…
Meet Bridgett Luther – President of Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
[quote style=”boxed”]Persistence. What we are trying to do has its own unique set of challenges, so it’s all about not letting up until we make progress. I’ve always been passionate about ideas and getting them made regardless of the hurdles. This one is no different. If anything, the more challenges…
[quote style=”boxed”]Don’t try and do everything on your own. Get advice from people who are knowledgeable on areas you are not. Hire people to take care of things that are not your core competency.[/quote] Brad Lindsay moved to Durham in 2004 after receiving a bachelor’s degree in computer science and…
[quote style=”boxed”]To believe in yourself, your project, your organization, and your worth, your dreams and your hope because no one else will. I don’t know how many times I heard from both family, friends, government officials and banks that I am wasting my time. That there are too many non-profits…
[quote style=”boxed”]With passion and determination. I learned pretty early on that my greatest advantage is being willing to slug it out in any circumstance.[/quote] Geoff Weathersby is a recent graduate of the University of Richmond, where he was a Business Administration major in the Robins School of Business. He would…
[quote style=”boxed”]I’d have worked with more discipline in the beginning, and with more focus which projects to take on, so as to have developed better momentum. And I’d have certainly worried less about things that weren’t going to matter ultimately![/quote] Boston native Brad Hines is the president of the domain…
Darius Shirzadi was born in New York City on July 14, 1972 to Evelyn and Faramarz Shirzadi. He grew up in Staten Island, New York until he was six years old, at which point his family moved to Chappaqua, New York in Westchester County. Darius attended high school at Horace…
[quote style=”boxed”]…through creativity, design and a good programmer, you can truly change the world.[/quote] Russ Stoddard got bit with the entrepreneurial bug back in the lemonade stand days, and he hasn’t changed since. He has created five companies and helped start five nonprofits during his career, which spans jobs ranging…