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Any effort is always focused around what we can build to make the experience for our users better – make her more productive, make it easier and more efficient for her to work with her team. Jipy Mohanty scaled engineering for an Austin based startup called Biometric Access after dropping out of the Computer Engineering […]
Productivity is pretty easy in a startup environment. It’s like swimming in the ocean: You can stop, but that’s not going to work out well for you. Shanon Marks, chief innovation officer of MU/DAI, has been defining the experience in digital and physical product design for more than 15 years. He creates groundbreaking experiences that […]
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 MicroPay Technology. Prior to Erik’s […]
Sathvik Tantry is the co-founder of FormSwift, a SaaS platform helping organizations go paperless. FormSwift’s tools allow businesses and individuals to create, edit, sign, and collaborate on documents and workflows in the cloud, eliminating unnecessary printing, faxing, and snail mail. Where did the idea for FormSwift come from? FormSwift was born because my co-founder, David, […]
Networking, every good thing that has happened to my businesses has come from a personal connection. Its amazing how much business and good fortune comes from the people you went to school with, played sports with, or even your neighbors. As CEO of Sparkhouse, Torrey Tayenaka uses groundbreaking media approaches that combine bold storytelling with high […]
Everything that I can decide or do in less than two minutes I decide or do in less than two minutes. João Barros is Professor Catedrático (Full Professor) of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Porto, Founder and CEO of Veniam and Founding Director of the Institute for Telecommunications (IT) in Porto, Portugal. […]
Everything we do here is based on trial-and-error and experimentation. One of us will start off with an idea and way to improve, then we do real-time testing. Colorado “Pot-repreneur” Anthony Franciosi is the founder of today’s top all-natural ganga gem: Ant’s Organic. Created as a way to holistically relieve pain from sports injuries, Ant’s […]
I’m a sticky-note junkie. Any good idea, action item, thought, book to read, or anything of remote value goes onto a sticky note. Each week, I do a “purge,” when I run through all the items or queue them for future action. You can find a stack of 80 or more notes on my desk […]
I’m excited that design matters. Just because you use a niche enterprise product, you shouldn’t have to struggle with an ugly and hard to use experience. AJ Shankar is the founder and CEO of Everlaw, where he leads a team that is building the world’s most advanced litigation platform, beginning with ediscovery. Prior to Everlaw, […]
I make my decisions split second and don’t dwell on anything. Good or bad, I just take risks and go with my gut, with what I thinks is good for the company. If it turns out to be wrong, I refocus and make changes. If it’s the right decision, it’s extremely rewarding. Rickard Hansson is […]
Taking breaks. I go running or working out once a day, I try to take the weekends off. Doing these small things helps me solving problems and seeing things from a new light – you’re never productive if you get stuck. Louise Eriksson is an entrepreneur and adventurer from Sweden. She recently made the move […]
Seeking integration. If you work with me, you’ll hear me say, “Let’s get integrated on this,” or “You all should get integrated on that.” I try to use this word instead of “figure this out.” After a decade of teaching, Farbood Nivi founded Grockit, a social learning game company, to help learners get connected and […]