Nathan Beckord is the founder of Foundersuite, a collection of software platforms and tools designed to help
other founders build efficent startups.
Not exact matches
Inc.com compiled video clips of tips on how to
build customer loyalty from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, JetBlue
founder David Neeleman, and
other successful CEOs.
This concept of creating something that few
others see — and the reality distortion field necessary to recruit the team to
build it — is at the heart of what these
founders do.
Among
other things, the
founders have donated portions of online orders to nonprofits, organized volunteers to help the homeless during frigid winters, and
built a well in Nigeria to increase clean water access for hibiscus farmers.
Heineken CEO Jean - François van Boxmeer and Lagunitas
founder Tony Magee said in prepared statements that the deal would help Lagunitas
build its brand globally, reaching parts of the world that
other U.S. craft brands haven't yet tapped.
The
founder of Adafruit Industries offers insights into how she managed to
build a small empire from castaway Altoid tins and
other common household items — and secure the title of Entrepreneur of 20...
Another starting point is to have an idea that very few people
other than the
founders can actually
build.
Of course, these
founders also wanted to
build their companies with
other people's money, just without the usual strings attached.
The Reported.ly
founder — who had
built a team of reporters and editors based in Europe, North America, and Asia — said he hoped Reported.ly might be able to find alternative funding from some
other source, but for now it is shutting down.
His rà ‰ sumà ‰ alone attests to his idea overflow: not only is he the
founder of EnviroCheck, a fast - growing $ 5 - million provider of energy - conservation services for
building owners in Orlando, Fla., but he has also started or taken over some 22
other small ventures.
Tips on how to
build customer loyalty from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, JetBlue
founder David Neeleman, and
other successful CEOs.
By simply observing
others, Intuit
founder and CEO Scott Cook
built one of America's biggest companies.
In the summer after his sophomore year, Zuckerberg left Harvard for a rented house in Silicon Valley to
build Facebook, expanding it to
other campuses and then across the globe with venture funding from Peter Thiel, one of the
founders of PayPal.
While Anderson focuses on
building drones, there are a slew of
other drone - focused startups that see big potential in developing the software and services for the coming drone economy, said Jeremy Conrad,
founder of the hardware startup incubator Lemnos Labs.
«It might seem like I
built my business overnight, but what people don't know is that on the marketing side, It took me years of
building a network of food writers, chefs, magazine editors, and
other people in the industry,» echoes Luuvu Hoang,
founder of Txiki Plaka restaurant.
«Better negotiating [with hospitals and
other providers] won't produce these types of savings, so owning clinics or
building narrow networks may be the only way to make it work,» said Stephen Buck, co-
founder of Courage Health and a
founder of drug discount provider GoodRx.
Founding Team — the rock on which to
build the company The founding team includes the
founder and a few
other co-founders with complementary skills to the
founder.
In fact, I'd argue that the
other potential contenders — Twitter, Pinterest, Dropbox, Uber, etc. (Tumblr, SpaceX, and Foursquare would make the list, but they're not in Silicon Valley)-- don't have Square's potent mix of a visionary
founder,
built - in / scalable business model, and enormous market potential.
In this foundational series, you'll get advice from
other tech startup
founders and growth gurus on
building your startup growth strategy and implementing sustainable processes.
BUILDING ON BEDROCK: What Sam Walton, Walt Disney, and
Other Great Self - Made Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us About
Building Valuable Companies For
founders and investors — based upon research, and told through the stories of famous and not - so - famous American entrepreneurs.
Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst
founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many things instead of one thing really well — Getting things done themselves instead of taking time to
build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or
other press)-- Attending multiple networking events a week
The same reason why older
founders are ignored by the ecosystem is the same reason why women and
other minorities struggle in the Valley: It's really not about what you
build, but what you look like while
building it.
Getting out of Manhattan and letting loose on the slopes was the best way to actually
build friendships with
founders and
other investors.»
The
founders are the real deal, the food is their creation, and the company is
built upon a family of franchise operators who share their same passion for serving
others.
Our upcoming main stage event in Los Angeles on October 28th features a talk on the evolution of the LA food scene by renowned restaurant critic, Jonathan Gold; a talk on
building a kind coffee empire by Todd Carmichael, TV host and the
founder and CEO of La Colombe; insights into how vegetables have become a trend by the woman whose company has been responsible for introducing kiwis and
other fruits to the American market, Karen Caplan of Frieda's and
other talks on the science of flavor, the convergence of sci - fi and food, leaving a popular band to become a chef, and much more.
The company utilized its
founders» expertise in the kosher foods category to
build a reputation as a reliable and effective distributor of specialty food items and
other grocery products such as floor cleaners and laundry detergents.
And Skelos
other pick is Michael Dubb, a horse owner and
founder of Beechwood Organization, a home
building company.
According to the statement, «Unlike
other Foundations in Anambra State whose names and origins are
built on individuals for personal and political reasons, Ebube Foundation chose a distinct name and method whereby the
Founder and Sole Financier, Mr. John Nwosu chose to remain behind the scene while bankrolling projects handled by the Foundation».
During her time as a postdoc studying immune response to cancer at NCI, she met the
other founders of NPA and helped
build the organization.
In fact, Ali Beaven,
founder and Creative Director of Prezola, has
built a company around just that — offering couples a gift list service with a huge choice of both high street and boutique brands, with space for
other sought - after items too if they're not already on the site.
Dina is the
founder of EPIC Dating, Love and Relationships, and she helps people
build great relationships with themselves and
others.
Stefan Fröhling,
Founder of Interkontakt as well as many
other niche dating platforms, told us the purpose of Interkontakt is to make it easier to meet people who want to date and
build relationships.
A small part by Alan Alda, as the original Elysium
founder plays out pleasingly, and it is his character Carvin that holds the deed to the farm, offering the story its silly subplot about a big corporation trying to buy out Elysium to
build a casino, which at one point has Linda running topless (with
others) in front of a television camera.
Next, however, HGSE embarked on its first new classroom and office
building, Larsen Hall, named for Roy E. Larsen,» 21, its chief donor and major HGSE supporter, a
founder and chairman of Time Magazine and
other publications, and major voice in educational reform.
«It is like we have invented the car but we haven't yet
built the roads,» says Joshua Perry, the
founder of Assembly, a non-profit venture trying to make it easier for startups to connect to MIS and
other data sources.
Founder Beth Anderson receives a fellowship at
Building Excellent Schools, an incubator for future charter school leaders, and begins recruiting
others who share her vision for Chelsea youth
«Patreon has optimized the revenue experience for creators like no
other service has before and
built up a huge base of self - supported creators and dedicated patrons,» said JunKoo Kim,
Founder and Head of LINE Webtoon.
Oyster has raised $ 3 million to date from
Founders Fund and plans to
build out its service on
other platforms in the future.
I started out as a single
founder providing publishing assistance along with
other services such as cover design, with the goal to bring on - board
other professionals and
build a crack team of publishing ninjas.
Other events included a panel on
building your indie author team, and a session about e-book pre-orders, which session leader and Smashwords
founder Mark Coker called, ``... probably the most exciting tool today for self - published authors,» citing more effective advance marketing and the opportunity to break onto the bestseller lists as reasons to provide pre-orders.
Hugh McGuire is an author, professional speaker and publishing expert, the
founder of PressBooks, an online book publishing platform
built on WordPress, and of LibriVox.org, the largest library of free, public domain audiobooks in the world as well as lots of
other things!
Founder of Write Our World Interview starts at 19:15 and ends at 39:47 The necessity of writing a book requires that they talk to the elders in their communities or
other people who can help them, so it's really a wonderful language -
building, literacy activity.
Founder and CEO Oisin Hanrahan is a serial entrepreneur on his fourth successful venture, while COO Umang Dua also founded College Connect, an online platform in India
built to connect students there to
others around the world.
Black Emperor, Brown Bird, Songs: Ohia, etc) Schaff is also the
founder of Warren Rhode Islandâ $ ™ s â $ œFort Foreclosure.â $ The
building, lovingly named without the least bit of irony, serves as Schaffâ $ ™ s home and studio as well as home and meeting place for
other artists (most notably resident musicians MorganEve Swain, and the Late David Lamb, both of Brown Bird).
Panel discussions will feature internationally renowned speakers, including collector and
founder of the NEON Foundation Dimitris Daskalopoulos in conversation with Madeleine Grynsztejn; «Piece by Piece:
Building a Collection,» featuring collector and patron of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Bill Gautreaux in conversation with curator Erin Dziedzic and artist Ebony G. Patterson; and Chad Alligood and Don Bacigalupi on the «State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now» at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, among
others.
When complete, the Frankenthaler Studio will be the 15th studio
building on Skowhegan's 350 - acre campus, joining those named for
other artists who taught at Skowhegan, including
founder Willard «Bill» Cummings and Jacob Lawrence.
The
founder of the innovative architectural firm metaxy, he imagines «genetic architects» creating
buildings and
other objects that can
build themselves, that are endowed with a certain kind of intelligence, and that make up a massive «self - aware»
built ecosystem.
Starting with a tired soil (and there are a lot of these around the world) carbon can
build for decades — according to work at Rodale Institute (and
other long term field trials) carbon is continuing to be stored at depth in their organic farmed fields 30 years after the
founders bought some Pennsylvania fields that had been worn out and eroded through conventional chemical farm methods.
As an «initiating organization» (along with
other groups including the French government and the United Nations Environment Programme), Architecture 2030 helped set the agenda for the day, and Architecture 2030
Founder Edward Mazria will be delivering a key message and opening presentation titled «The 2 Degree Path for the
Building Sector».
In addition to Jordan, the speaker lineup includes epic ocean rower Roz Savage; president and
founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions Hunter Lovins (who we interviewed back in 2006); and University of Pennsylvania's first environmental sustainability coordinator and senior facilities planner Daniel Garofalo, a founding member of the U.S. Green
Building Council, among
others.