Lessons Learned: Seeing What Sticks
Someecards co-founder and CEO Duncan Mitchell talks about how he and his team decide which of 20 ideas are worth trying.
How I Did It: Lessons Learned: When Things Go Viral
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti talks about how an e-mail exchange with Nike led to his idea for promoting social content across the Web.
How I Did It; Lessons Learned: Jack Cohen-Martin, DynamicVideo
DynamicVideo founder and COO Jack Cohen-Martin discusses how he evolved his core customer base during the recession.
What It’s Like…to Wait Out an Interminable Non-compete
After Hotels.com founder Bob Diener sold to IAC in 2003, he went to kite-surf camp in Costa Rica. And when his five-year non-compete was up he launched getaroom.com.
How I Did It: Sandra Green, n-Link Corporation
n-Link Corporation founder Sandra Green discusses how creating an employee stock ownership plan gave her employees more incentive to stay at their current jobs.
How I Did It: Johnny LeHane, WAKA Kickball
WAKA Kickball co-founder Johnny LeHane talks about building longer term relationships with his customers--and learning to ask for help.
How I Did It: Barry Hartzberg, Satory Global
Barry Hartzberg, describes how he created a comfortable family feeling at Satory Global, the management and consulting IT firm he co-founded.
How I Did It: Tom Gimbel, The LaSalle Network
Tom Gimbel, CEO and founder of The LaSalle Network, talks about how he successfully led his staffing firm through the recession.
Out of the Coma. Back to the Office.
Rob McGovern is the same driven entrepreneur he was before his horrific car accident. Except that now his brain works differently.
How to Raise $1.2 Million in Venture Capital
Drew Houston literally didn’t know what to do with his first million dollars.
Robert Croak, creator of Silly Bandz, remembers life at the center of a craze.
What to Do When You're Fired From the Company You Started
Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation, says he wasn’t just cut loose; he was set free.
Learning to Communicate With Employees
Cal McAllister’s staff was unhappy and confused, and he had to take responsibility.
Coping With a Natural Disaster
Corey Russ’s business was nearly destroyed by a tornado--but that didn’t mean he couldn’t help his neighbors.
Everything that could go wrong for Greg Nemeth did. He and his company survived.
Confessions of a Former Entrepreneur
Sam Yagan sold OkCupid to Match.com for a ton of money. Why is he feeling so antsy?
How One Company Got Very Hot, Very Briefly
Andrey Ternovskiy founded Chatroulette from his bedroom in Moscow. It became infamous; he became suspicious.
Being owned by eBay was making StumbleUpon sleepy, Garrett Camp concluded. He knew how to fix that.
