[quote style=”boxed”]You work for them and take risks for them. A lot of people have ideas that they love to think and talk about, but they never do anything about them.[/quote] David Palmer is the co-founder of UnderFit, an online undershirt company. You can visit them at underfitshirts.com. He also…
[quote style=”boxed”]For Christ’s sake, get off Twitter and open your eyes to the real world. Follow your eyes into a museum, your nose into a bakery, or your ears to a concert.[/quote] Nick Stocking is founder and principal of Design Cloud, a collaborative design studio and art gallery. Design Cloud…
[quote style=”boxed”]Try out several different ways to achieve your goals. Stick with what works, and eliminate the strategies that do not. Mistakes are going to happen, so you just need to learn from them and move on.[/quote] Andrew Schrage was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts and was educated at…
[quote style=”boxed”]It is critical that you assemble a team of people who have the right skill sets and are interested in what you are trying to do.[/quote] Nate Lassiter has focused his career on creating–whether it be designs, music or companies. In 2007, he was a key member of the…
[quote style=”boxed”]Buy a dozen copies of your favorite movies and books and then send them as gifts to people you want to befriend in business. Include personal notes with the gifts, and keep sending those people cool stuff every quarter.[/quote] Dr. Sean Stephenson was predicted not to survive at birth…
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[quote style=”boxed”]Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is a must-read. It’s sometimes hard to abide by, but the authors give great ideas about building an MVP (minimum viable product) and organizing a team for work effectiveness.[/quote] Abby Ross is a partner at Blueye Creative, a Chicago-based Facebook Preferred Marketing…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would build a client base while I still had a paycheck and health insurance, instead of having to find clients while also worrying about where I was going to get rent money.[/quote] Saya Hillman–a native of Evanston, Illinois, a Boston College graduate, and a Chicago resident–is an accidental…
[quote style=”boxed”]The thing is that it’s not until much later that you often realize your greatest successes are largely due to some of the shit you went through. It’s like a great movie; without the adversity you simply miss out on the whole story.[/quote] Steve Gumm is a serial entrepreneur…
[quote style=”boxed”]One of the biggest problems I encountered when I first set out in 2003 to run my own business was the up and down (or ebb and flow) of my income stream. Entrepreneurs don’t get paid regular salaries, and I had never imagined how important having that consistency was…
[quote style=”boxed”]I’d pay more attention to people, because at the end of the day, it’s your relationship with people that matters the most. No surprises there, since teammates, customers and investors/stakeholders are all people.[/quote] Seyi Fabode, 35, is the CEO and co-founder of Power2Switch, an innovative website that enables residential…