Lead by example, be a team player, and exercise accountability. Robin Lickliter is the senior vice president of events at Sparks, a global brand experience agency. Robin has been with Sparks for more than 10 years, and in that time, she’s established events as a full-service offering. She’s responsible for leading the event division, overseeing […]
Alycia Kaback – CEO of The It Factor Productions
[quote style=”boxed”]I start every day with a to-do list and stay accountable to it. This is especially so if you are your own boss and don’t have someone to answer to – you need “something” to answer to. [/quote] Alycia Kaback is the founder and CEO of The It Factor Productions, the innovative talent company that […]
Stephen Meyer – CEO of Rapid Learning Institute
[quote style=”boxed”] I love my job and can’t wait to go to work every day. And I love my family and can’t wait to go home.[/quote] Stephen Meyer is CEO and Director of Learning and Development at the Rapid Learning Institute. Prior to starting the Rapid Learning Institute and its parent company Business 21 Publishing in […]
Avi Shenkar – Founder of BLO/OUT Blow Dry Bar
[quote style=”boxed”]If I were to start again I would have stuck out some of my endeavors that I killed earlier on. When I was younger I had a web design firm that was doing well until the Internet crash. I would have stuck out the tech industry and continued on to developing applications and more […]
Marissa Hu – Co-founder and CEO of Co-Ed Supply
[quote style=”boxed”]Keep finding more things you’re excited about and learning as much as you can about them. It’s not as comfortable as being an expert in what you already know, but you can’t let your knowledge become stale, you have to keep learning and growing.[/quote] Marissa Hu is the co-founder and CEO of Co-Ed Supply […]
Dan Roitman – Founder and CEO of Stroll
[quote style=”boxed”]You’re never done tweaking your business. Never be satisfied with any area of your business. Constantly optimize and refine. Small, incremental changes add up to big gains over time.[/quote] Dan Roitman is committed to enhancing the lives of others through a business that has experienced astounding compounded annual growth of over 70% since 2002, […]
Ray Gilbert – CTO of My Tribal Totem
[quote style=”boxed”]The barrier to start your own business has become incredibly low. If you look at the frameworks and freely available resources, you find an incredible wealth of work that is already done for you making it a light lift to get your idea off the ground.[/quote] Ray Gilbert is a versatlist having worn many […]
Scott Rawlings – Home inspector at Pillar To Post
[quote style=”boxed”]Start each day positive and stay positive no matter what the circumstances! Positivity brings good business and smiles from other people.[/quote] Scott Rawlings and Pillar To Post Philadelphia LLC Inspection Group have been proudly servicing the Philadelphia area for over 10 years providing professional home inspections for home buyers and sellers. Pillar To Post […]
Tamar Daniel – Designer and Creator of TMRDNL
[quote style=”boxed”]In a fashion sense, I think trends are not a good thing. They speed up the cycle of consumerism and encourage turnover of product too quickly, devaluing whats in peoples closets. I would like to revert back to a culture where women shop based on their needs, and their body, and buy better quality […]
Cliff Stevens – Founder and President of Lokadot
[quote style=”boxed”]Persist. Keep believing in yourself, keep focusing on and reinforcing your strengths rather than your weaknesses, keep exposing yourself to new people, events and activities, keep getting out there and bump around, show up, have fun, and try not to be so hard on yourself.[/quote] Cliff Stevens is a Center City Philadelphia-based entrepreneur who […]
Rakia Reynolds – Owner of SkaiBlue Media
[quote style=”boxed”]The one failure I encountered was that I failed to set expectations early on in the workplace. I feel as though I did not stress to my team the importance of my vision. In doing so, it lead to a dysfunctional workplace.[/quote] Since graduating from Temple University’s Fox School of Business with a degree […]
Niki Pfeiffer – Founder and CEO of Niki Pfeiffer Designs
[quote style=”boxed”]Get in the habit of taking action every day and making something happen.[/quote] Niki Pfeiffer is the Founder and CEO of Niki Pfeiffer Designs and the designer behind the Wine Gabby™. As a former sales executive in the technology industry, Pfeiffer is excited to use her creative thinking and marketing talents to change the […]