As an entrepreneur, failure is an inevitability. It’s also a beautiful opportunity. My biggest defeat as an entrepreneur is the irreplaceable years that I spent letting failures have their way with me instead of using them as a springboard to move onto future successes. Ryan Paugh has been at the…
Ask for help sooner. Also starting a venture, building software and raising money all at the same time is very challenging to accomplish. If I were to do it again I would focus on building the company first and then starting the fundraising process. Al Wynant is the co-founder and…
I’m always trying new things and measuring the results. It’s so clear once you hear it. Whether it’s advertising or testing features, you need to learn and pivot all the time. Travis Read is the creator of BeforeNow, a timeline creator application that allows users to catalog the moments between…
I only make decisions when I have to. People tend to make decisions about the future way in advance, but that takes a lot of cognitive resources and forces them to decide with little information, which usually leads to poor outcomes. Instead, I only make decisions when I have to….
A habit of mine is that I only hire people that I can learn from! If you are apart of my staff but I feel like anyone can do what you do, then you are not who I want for my business. Kahala Grier brings to the table a decade…
Meet Kahala Grier – Business Development Manager of Top 5 Media Group
I want to foster an attitude where we are really just a sales and marketing organization that happens to produce world-class software. Marcus Turner is an accomplished analytical and technical architect with a successful track record in the planning and delivery of large scale enterprise solutions. His background includes the…
One habit that increases productivity is a constant exchange of information within the team. Consistent updates keep everyone on task and keeps their eye on their daily goals. Nabeel Mushtaq is passionate about creating products and services that makes the world more sustainable. HIs forte is building top-notch technology and…
The biggest advice I’d give is to make sure that you’re 100 percent aligned with your co-founder on how far you are committed. Also, be brutally honest with yourself about what’s working and what’s not, and iterate fast. Don’t lie to yourself because the market will expose you. Vivek Sharma…
Everyone can be excellent for an hour…so only think and do things in 1 hour increments. Yoli Chisholm is a pioneer in the Internet space first gaining online experience back in 1999 in Canada with start-up Chapters.ca that was the Canadian equivalent of Amazon.com. As a veteran of the offline…
Stay persistent, optimistic, and don’t make the same mistakes again. Every entrepreneur needs to stay persistent and optimistic to stay being an entrepreneur. Want-to-be-entrepreneurs make excuses for themselves. A serial entrepreneur and technologist, Erik Chan previously co-founded social and online game companies 28wins and Bottomless Pit Games, and payments company…