[quote style=”boxed”]Don’t try to reinvent the wheel, because you’ll find yourself spending more time educating the world about what you do, rather than selling it to them.[/quote] Anthony Saladino is the co-founder and CEO of Kitchen Cabinet Kings, one of the nation’s largest distributors of kitchen and bathroom cabinetry on…
[quote style=”boxed”]I hammer away at them until they feel true and concise, bounce them off the other writers, fret about them until they go live, and then never look at them again.[/quote] Brook Lundy is the co-founder, head writer, and unpaid intern of someecards, HappyPlace, and Jockular. Before that, he…
Phillia is a visionary artist, shamanic healer, scientist and social entrepreneur. After earning a B.S. in cell molecular biology and genetics, she started her career as a cancer researcher for the National Institute of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, with plans of going to medical school. Realizing this…
Meet Phillia Kim Downs – CEO and Founder of Live Love Collective
[quote style=”boxed”]Measure everything–whether it’s customer conversion, user engagement or optimal functionality. If you don’t measure, you cannot evolve and improve.[/quote] Assaf Eisenstein founded GooodJob in order to improve upon the existing model of employee referral programs, and to provide corporate recruiters with a way to increase their access to better candidates….
[quote style=”boxed”]I’m a big believer that “everything happens for a reason.” If I had done something differently I might not be exactly where I am right now![/quote] Stacey Ferreira, a 19-year old freshman at New York University, is a co-founder of MySocialCloud.com, a technology startup that allows people to: store…
[quote style=”boxed”]Put your personality into everything you do. You have to connect and make your project something that reflects you. So be honest with yourself.[/quote] Gastón Frydlewski created HICKIES. He designed the product, researched the materials and production process, and patented the concept. He worked at JPMorgan Chase from 2006…
Meet Gastón Frydlewski and Mariquel Waingarten – Founders of HICKIES
[quote style=”boxed”]Accept that some days are going to be better than other days, but realize that when you add it all up, life is one big adventure in serendipity.[/quote] Ajaz is founder and chairman of AKQA. He founded AKQA when he was 21 years old, with the values of innovation,…
[quote style=”boxed”]I bring my ideas to life by “doing.” If I have an idea, I will do as much research as I can, find out how to get started, and get started. Whatever steps need to be taken, I’ll take.[/quote] Dwight Peters is the founder and CEO of Slate &…
[quote style=”boxed”]Start with a conundrum. I think great ideas come from problems to be solved. As a scrappy kid from the very outset, I always understood ideas as methods to get around things that everyone else took as a given. Idea should not be rooted in practicality. First come up with…
[quote style=”boxed”]Without a doubt, I’d challenge every budding entrepreneur to be a restless soul and find chaos in everything they do. Live without borders and take on anything, especially when others (or even you) whisper the word no.[/quote] Marisa Santoro is the founder of In Our Shoes, an empowering, female village…