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 and fast-growing email marketing company) and ran a K-12 education software infrastructure company that he later sold. In 2004, Erik…
[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 since he arrived to Chicago from Puerto Rico in 1996. “My first start-up was making comic books with my friends…
[quote style=”boxed”]You know, I’d have to say it’s to create income streams outside of your core business. I remember, very vaguely, a conversation I had with a friend four years ago. He said, “Why can’t you take your business online?” At the time, I was stubborn and said proudly, “We’re…
Karla Valenti is corporate attorney who recently left a career in law to found a company focused on developing and implementing resources designed to empower children through creativity. Rock Thoughts is the first initiative she is spearheading under this new role. She also writes Tot Thoughts , a blog focused…
[quote style=”boxed”]I really enjoy working with people who care about what they are doing. Being around people that are passionate about their life and what they have done makes me excited about what I have in store for me in the years ahead.[/quote] Betsy Huigens is a 21-year old…
Brittany Laughlin is the co-founder of gtrot, a social travel company working to make travel planning easier. The company improves travel serach by connecting users with friends who have been to their destination. gtrot aims to the be the social platform between travel and social networks, providing the best experience…
CEO Karlin Sloan has committed herself to finding out what makes great leaders tick, and to supporting leaders to be the change they wish to see in the world. As a corporate citizen she is an advocate for creating sustainable ways of working and living, and for creating positive organizational…
Meet Karlin Sloan – Author and CEO of Karlin Sloan and Company
John Corrigan is an Advertising.com and AOL alumnus, a relentless traveler, and proud conversationalist. John’s personal maxim may well be “hunger is the best sauce” for the zeal with which he approaches life and work. Tenacious, ever-curious and unquestionably blessed with the gift of gab, he’s ferociously loyal, socially uninhibited,…
Pete Lafferty spent five years in financial services and two years in market research before starting Libero Ferrero, a high-end men’s accessories label, with his two brothers Matt and Adam Lafferty. All three brothers come from business backgrounds and have masters degrees. They left the corporate world behind to pursue…
Born and raised in the Chicago area, Timothy Kelley is an experienced business planner with extensive experience in marketing products in the medical arena. He completed his education at Northwestern University in organizational behavior. Marketing pharmacy benefit management, selling of pharmaceuticals, and veterinary pharmaceutical and medical equipment distribution all led…