[quote style=”boxed”]Your friends/colleagues are most likely to have the best people to refer, and when that doesn’t work, dig in, get creative and poach if you can.[/quote] John McPheters is the founder of CLDmkt, a platform that allows users to buy, sell and trade anything via Twitter. A problem-solver with…
From at-home mushroom farms to reusable diapers to bamboo bikes, the ideas of the following green entrepreneurs we interviewed are unexpected, effective and earth-friendly. We’d like to take a minute to celebrate the super green Mensches who realize that they can, in fact, make a living while helping to preserve…
[quote style=”boxed”]Scarcity brings clarity, because it helps you figure out how to best optimize your resources and avoid doing wasteful things. The lesser your means, the greater your options.[/quote] Emily Gimmel is the founder and CEO of GRACESHIP, a line of chic computer bags and accessories exclusively for women. The…
[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…
[quote style=”boxed”]There is nothing more important to a concept’s success than the determination of the team working on it.[/quote] Raised in Los Angeles, California, Zach Suchin worked directly with executive management at Sony, Fox, ICM and The Firm throughout his high school years. During college, Suchin promoted high-profile events for…
[quote style=”boxed”]You can get a lot farther by making people talk about you than you can by plastering the world with advertisements that people will ignore.[/quote] Emmitt Parkman is the founder of Sports Talk Trash, where he is working to build a platform to bring together the world’s most passionate…
[quote style=”boxed”]Collaboration is a treasure trove and arrogance will keep you from unearthing its reward for as long as you choose to keep your head up your ass.[/quote] Erika Napoletano holds no fancy titles and is an expert at nothing except screwing up royally and learning from her mistakes. As…
[quote style=”boxed”]Stay focused on what success means to you. Too often, the day-to-day distractions get in the way. Don’t let what you think other people’s expectations are of you trump your expectations of yourself.[/quote] Lief C. Larson has been a pioneer in media and Internet technology and has a proven…
[quote style=”boxed”]The only way to truly enjoy winning and being successful is to fail. If you never fail, then you’ll never know the pain of defeat, which means you’ll never understand the passion and hard work it takes to stay on top.[/quote] Mr. Grant Harris is the owner and chief…
[quote style=”boxed”]If you build it, they won’t necessarily come. You’ve got to go get ‘em.[/quote] Kirk Hasenzahl, co-founder and CEO of RareWire, is a Kansas City native who has been married to his wife, Crissie, for 10+ years. He is currently living out his dream to be an entrepreneur and…