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In this video, presented by Hiscox Small Business Insurance, Josh Williams, Founder and CEO of mobile location-based social network Gowalla (http://gowalla.com), offers advice on starting your own business. In this informative video, Jeff talks about achieving a good work/life balance and shares some of his own startup experiences.
In this week’s My Startup Story (presented by Hiscox Small Business Insurance), Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance (http://behance.com), the world’s leading platform for creative professionals, shares some of his own startup experiences and offers advice to startup entrepreneurs who want to make their idea for a small business a reality.
Pete Cashmore, Founder and CEO of Mashable offers advice on starting a business and making the leap and shares some of his own startup experiences. In this installment of My Startup Story, Pete Cashmore also talks about his passion for technology and how the most intimidating part of starting his business was learning about the paperwork and legal requirements that come along with [...]
Guy Kawasaki, Former Apple Chief Evangelist and Alltop Founder offers advice on starting a business and making the leap as he shares some of his own startup experiences. As discussed in an early post, the big tip we learned from Steve Jobs which applies to all entrepreneurs, is not to fear failure. Guy Kawasaki, a former [...]
Gary discusses the inspiration behind oDesk and offers advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. Learn about oDesk’s ‘a ha’ moment and hear Gary’s advice on the importance of staying focused and “choosing a major” for your business. My StartUp Story is presented by Hiscox Small Business Insurance.
Kurt Tomlinson is a great example of a young entrepreneur! Kurt founded Open Hardware Hub as a college student at Georgia Tech. Open Hardware is a web service which allows people to contribute to opensource projects. What’s Kurt’s advice for fellow young up and comers? “Passion drives innovation, and innovation leads to success.” Do you feel your story [...]
Jody Arwood’s work with autistic children encouraged her to take the leap in starting her own business. Her “ah-ha” moment was when she realized the healing power of the human touch, and decided to start her own massage and bodywork therapy business called Within Arm’s Reach. Unfortunately, Jody- like many small business owners- was not prepared to launch [...]
There are 70 million parents in the US, which means 70 million individuals struggle and stress over child care. Erica Zidel started Sitty Around to help solve this problem, by creating babysitting cooperatives within communties. Erica discovered these types of services can save families over $500 per year. Motivated by the lack of innovation in the child care [...]
After Lori Shannon completed her first marathon, she knew it was going to change her life forever. Lori channeled the empowerment she gained from this experience into starting her own business. See Jane Run is much more than a running store, it is a community for female athletes, offering running gear, training and half marathon events. What’s [...]
Congratulations to the winner of the #MyStartupStory Contest, Victoria Kidd! Victoria is the co-founder of OMP Consulting Group, a career management and resume writing firm. She identified that the employment problem was not a product of the recession, but rather, workers were unprepared in their job search. Best advice? Nothing ventured yields nothing gained. Victoria discusses how [...]
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