[quote style=”boxed”]In your early stages, invest your time in interacting one-on-one with users, as much as you can.[/quote] Rachna is the founder of Hachi. The entrepreneurial bug bit her the day she was named, as Rachna means “creation” in Sanskrit. She started her first venture when she was 10 and…
[quote style=”boxed”]Every day from 5:00-7:30 p.m. I have my “immovable appointment.” That’s when I make the three-block walk from my office to my apartment, and see my wife and son. We have dinner and I help put Ammon (my two-year-old) to bed. Then I come back to work. The evenings…
[quote style=”boxed”]I use one of the old-school yellow notepads. That always does the trick for me. I don’t think there is a more effective way to communicate your thoughts and ideas than to write them down with a pen on paper.[/quote] Ryan Wood is the director of public awareness and…
[quote style=”boxed”]Doing things by trial and error is one of the approaches I continually try to use in my business. I have discovered some great business insights by being open to trying new things–and most importantly, by being willing to fail and simply move on.[/quote] Sibyl Chavis is a Harvard-trained…
[quote style=”boxed”]With much blood, sweat and not a few tears. Being creative is the most frustrating of activities. There’s no foreplay or climax–just a lot of frustration, aggravation and disappointment.[/quote] Andrew Keen is an Internet entrepreneur who founded Audiocafe.com in 1995 and built it into a popular, first generation Internet…
For instance, once I get into the office, I write down three tasks. As I’m working my way through them, I go out of my way to connect with people and talk about our projects. If I complete those three tasks, I know I’m moving my projects forward, and if…
[quote style=”boxed”]Noodling, noodling, noodling! I do a ridiculous amount of private pacing, scribbling, brain dumping, and so forth.[/quote] Colleen Wainwright is a writer-speaker-layabout who started calling herself “the communicatrix” when she hit three hyphens. She spent 10 years as an award-winning TV copywriter crafting ads for brands like Wheaties®, Gatorade®…
Meet Colleen Wainwright – Designer and Creative Director of Communicatrix
[quote style=”boxed”]Work. Work smart, but work hard![/quote] Arya Bina is an 18-year-old college student and businessman who was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. He was born to upper middle-class parents, one of which is a second-generation Iranian-American. He started his own company at…
” All entrepreneurs will tell you that ideas are worth a dime a dozen, and what matters is execution. And to execute well, you will need an A+ team.” Harrison Tang is the founder and president of Spokeo, which he created in 2006 with a group of four friends from Stanford…
[quote style=”boxed”]Be happy. There are so many things out of your control, and startup life is full of the highest highs and the lowest lows. Staying happy is tough when things are bad, but you need to be level-headed and optimistic enough to get yourself out.[/quote] Eddy Lu is the…