[quote style=”boxed”]In my experience, what distinguishes a successful idea from an unsuccessful one is most often not the actual idea in question but rather the nature of the execution.[/quote] As SponsorPay’s CEO, Andreas Bodczek is in charge of the overall evolution of the company, in particular finance and advertiser relations. He…
[quote style=”boxed”]I’ve learned now in retrospect that when you have a good idea and an itch to work on it, it’s important to just do it — and to release early and often.[/quote] Sachin Rekhi is founder of Connected, a professional contact manager that brings your contacts together in one…
[quote style=”boxed”]By testing them. We embrace MVP, rapid prototyping, A/B testing, and good old fashioned person to person usability testing.[/quote] Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. The site has since grown to nearly 5 million…
[quote style=”boxed”]By sketching out a vision, putting together a smart and moderately weird team that will know how to “make it happen” and executing the details (on the line of benevolent obsession).[/quote] Jenn Lim is the CEO and Chief Happiness Officer of Delivering Happiness, a company she and Tony Hsieh…
Meet Jenn Lim – Chief Happiness Officer of Delivering Happiness
[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] Emily May is an international leader in the anti-street-harassment movement. In 2005, at the age of 24, she co-founded Hollaback!,…
Here is the next video from our IdeaMensch Los Angeles event. Brittany Laughlin, the Co-founder of social media travel site gtrot talks about how she chased her passion to turn what she loves into what she does. To learn more about Brittany, go ahead and check out her IdeaMensch interview: Mario…
Meet Talk: Brittany Laughlin – Turning What You Love Into What You Do
[quote style=”boxed”]In Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell discusses his thesis that ideas, products, messages and behaviors “spread just like viruses do.” He follows the growth of “word-of-mouth epidemics” triggered with the help of three pivotal personality types, Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen.[/quote] David Swerdloff is the co-founder of Mojingo, an exciting sports entertainment…
[quote style=”boxed”]Wake up, breakfast, email session, start tackling MITs, lunch with the team, MITs, dinner, MITs, write out tomorrow’s MITs before bed, read: instapaper, twitter, maybe a little netflix, bed.[/quote] Ethan Bloch started an e-commerce site selling electronics at 13. He was an early adopter of social media, attracting an…
Brian Norgard is founder of Namesake—a conversation community. He is also an active angel investor, advisor and adventurer. Prior to founding Namesake Brian founded Ad.ly (largest micro endorsement network) and Newroo (acquired by FOX Interactive Media in 2006). Brian graduated with honors from Brown University. Brian’s personal interest areas: spending time…
Liz Carlson is the Founder of In The Door, a social job search site that lets people find job openings at their friends’ companies. In The Door plugs into Facebook to see where all your friends work and scours the web for openings at those companies. Liz wanted to create…