As co-founder of the photo-sharing service, Instagram, it’s not surprising that Kevin Systrom’s background is littered with software engineering experience. Before being listed as one of Fortune’s “40-under-40”, he had already brushed arms with some of the most prominent internet…
Chris Dixon is a terrific example of an entrepreneur who discovers a need, then creates a solution to fix it. He was working as a computer programmer when he decided that his knowledge of technology could be put to better…
People like to call him the original Mad Man. George Lois worked for Doyle Cane Bernbach for a year before founding his own agency, Papert Koenig Lois. PKL was not only known as one of the first creative advertising agencies,…
If you’ve ever sat in a cubicle or worked for a large corporation, you’ve probably had one of Scott Adams’ comics pinned to your wall. Or maybe dozens of them. Mr. Adams rose to fame in the 1990s as his daily…
Dharmesh Shah is well known in the online startup world. But if you live and work outside of that group, you may not have heard of him. He is the co-founder of marketing engine HubSpot, which offers software designed to…
Rand Fishkin is a successful entrepreneur, author, and noted convention speaker. Mr. Fishkin began his career by building websites for customers in the late 1990s. That led to an interest in usability and search engine optimization. He began participating in…
There are very few entrepreneurs or small business owners interested in raising venture capital that haven’t heard of Y Combinator or its founder, Paul Graham. BusinessWeek once included Mr. Graham in its list of 25 Most Influential People on the…
Hiten Shah is the co-founder of a number of companies (Advaced Consulting Services, Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics) with his partner, Neil Patel. His startups have been both bootstrapped and venture-funded. He has also advised and invested in several other companies…
Seth Goldman’s road to entrepreneurship runs through Harvard University, Yale School of Management, China, Russia, the U.S. Congress (he was deputy press secretary for Senator Lloyd Bentsen), and investment company Calvert Group. In 1998, Seth co-founded Honest Tea, a brand…
Neil Patel likes to say that he was born with entrepreneurship in his blood. Growing up, he was surrounded by small business owners—mostly his uncles, mom, and dad. Starting at age 15, Patel began selling CDs and auto parts to…
