Faraz ‘Fam’ Mirza – Founder of Mirza Minds
[quote style=”boxed”]The first and last job I ever had was at Jewel-Osco. What I learned from it is was that it is non-sensical to work all your life to build…
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Tim Jahn – Co-founder of Entrepreneursunpluggd.com
[quote style=”boxed”]Meet new people. Your network is your greatest asset and meeting new people on a regular basis is a fantastic way to keep your creative juices flowing. It’s also…
Zach Haller – Founder and CEO of Found In Town
[quote style=”boxed”]A lesson I learned from the Mario brothers: collect as many coins as you can as you head toward the finish line. Any stray knowledge or resources you can…
Rob Walsh – Co-Founder of Scholastica
[quote style=”boxed”]Talk to the people who you expect to use your product before you build it. Before you work on any huge problem that your customer knows better than you…
Bernie Pitzel – Creative in Residence at Jacobs Agency
For close to 30 years, Bernie Pitzel has created and directed award winning advertising for clients such as Gatorade, McDonald’s, Coors Light, Long John Silver’s, Corona Beer and HEAD Tennis,…
Brandon Weiss – Programmer and Co-founder of MyZeus
[quote style=”boxed”]It’s not nice to kiss and tell, but let’s just say I worked at a print design studio for a year building websites and web applications designed by print…
Rich M. Killian – Founder and CEO of Prospect Equities
Rich M. Killian is a veteran who after getting out of the military started 24 successful companies. In 1999 at the age of 25 and as a U.S. Army veteran…
Jennifer Morehead – Founder of Lockboxer
[quote style=”boxed”]I’m also never afraid to pick up the phone and call someone out of the blue. I think cold calling is a fantastic skill in terms of quickly moving…
Joe Miller – Founder of Print a Forest
[quote style=”boxed”]Action. Figure out the little things you can do, and keep taking steps forward. If you can’t build a prototype. Take a survey or create a 1.0 pilot, so…
Patrick Algrim – Founder of MyZeus
Patrick Algrim is a Product Designer from Chicago, Illinois. A true digital kid at heart. Started to design and create small Web sites in fifth grade. The process came about fairly…
Erik Severinghaus – Founder of KoalaDeal
Erik Severinghaus is a Chicago based entrepreneur and business leader. As a student at the University of North Carolina, he founded a successful consulting company, helped launch iContact (a leading…
Joshua Hernandez – Founder of Tap.Me
[quote style=”boxed”]By listening, doing it as soon as possible and getting feedback from customers and stakeholders. Then listening some more. [/quote] Joshua Hernandez has been starting companies or participating in start-ups…