Jake Wood
I’d find a way to pay myself sooner. I wasn’t able to dive in fully because I was constantly worried about putting food on the table–and my work suffered as…
nonprofits
Aaron Negherbon – Founder of Troops Direct
Aaron Negherbon, a Northern California native, has had an entrepreneurial spirit and a strong sense of patriotism running through his veins since childhood. Starting in grade school, he marketed for…
Michael Jones – Founder of Open Equal Free
[quote]Hipsters. In 2004 I got my first job as a teacher. I wore slacks, a short sleeve plaid shirt buttoned all the way to the top and rode a giant…
Esther Jacobs – Founder of Coins for Care
[quote]If you have a dream you want to realize, whether is is big or small, personal of business, for yourself or for a better world: don’t keep it to yourself….
Jameson Morris – Founder of Organic Soul and Conscious Box
[quote style=”boxed”]I like to think that my “good idea meter” is pretty accurate (everybody does). When I come up with an idea that I think is great I get a…
Meet Jameson Morris – Founder of Organic Soul and Conscious Box
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…
Lauri Burns – Founder of The Teen Project
Lauri Burns is the founder of The Teen Project, a non-profit organization founded in 2007, whose mission is to give every foster child an equal chance in life. As a…
Emily May – Co-founder of Hollaback
[quote style=”boxed”]First, I visualize what the world will look like with this new idea, and how it will create the change I’m looking for. Then, I work my buns off.[/quote]…
Stuart Gold – Managing Director of the Trashy Bags Project
[quote style=”boxed”]The way I see it, If you can imagine it then you can probably create it. However, I also realize that good ideas are rarely attributable to one person…
Meet Stuart Gold – Managing Director of the Trashy Bags Project
Saul “Skip” Wiener – Founder of the Urban Tree Connection
Skip Wiener has a master’s degree from Temple University in Plant Physiology (1967) and a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania (1972). He worked for the…
Meet Saul “Skip” Wiener – Founder of the Urban Tree Connection