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Every founder story, capital move, and dispatch we've published.
Tell us about your upbringing, what got you into music? Growing up just outside of Calgary I was active in music from a young age. Starting in piano when I was 6, quickly I progressed to violin, and then guitar. As I was actually home-schooled for my elementary years, music was an extremely large part
Samuel F. Poirier is a young entrepreneur that was named a Thiel Fellow. Samuel founded his first company at the age of 14, importing minerals to Montreal. Later, at age 18, he went and created the first debit card for Bitcoin. He also created an analytics platform for VR companies called Retinad to see how users were
Richard Lorenzen is a one of the top millennial entrepreneurs and investors in America. He’s the founder and CEO of Fifth Avenue Brands, a public relations firm in New York City. He was ranked by both Inc. and Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the top 50 most inspiring entrepreneurs. Richard is also the author of
Uhmm where do I begin… Put simply, Josh Steimle is a straight BAUS. As a writer, speaker and businessman, Josh is a relentless entrepreneur that has written over 200 articles for Time, Forbes, Inc, Mashable, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur, among others. He is also the author of of Chief Marketing Officers at Work, which contains interviews and insights from
Andy Hine is the founder of MedalDisplays.co.uk and MedalDisplays.com.au. In this interview, he goes over what made him ditch his jobs and finally start his entrepreneurial journey. Most of the time, we won’t find out what we truly like until we try many things. Let’s hear it from Andy to see what he went through
Sam Sawchuk is the co-founder of Sandwich for a Story, an initiative which focuses on using Virtual Reality as a tool to help immerse people coping with homelessness in job interview settings. Sam is also a TEDx speaker, startup advisor and contributor to major publications including the Huffington Post, Thrive Global, Influencive, HustleTime and Startups.co.
Mahbod Moghadam: Founder of Rap Genius and Everipedia Thanks for being here Maboo, give the readers a 2-sentence pitch about yourself. Yo yoooo! I am an Iranian dude who is really into crowd-knowledge! I started Genius.com, which tells you the meaning of lyrics, and now I’ve started Everipedia, which tells you the meaning of EVERYTHING!
Sameer Jafri is one of my good friends at UCLA. We met freshman year and connected because of our mutual interest in entrepreneurship. In 2014, Sameer started Twazer, an online marketplace for college students to buy and sell their items through a clean mobile interface. He has been hustling for quite a while and recently
I started these interview series to get a chance to interview people that I respect, look up to and want to learn from. Over the next few months, I plan to interview friends, colleagues and industry leaders alike to pick their brain and draw from their experiences. Today, I wanted to interview Dave Liebowitz, the executive editor
Steve O’Dell is an entrepreneur you need to keep an eye on. Having started multiple companies and having many more on the way, this guy doesn’t seem to stop. I worked with him on a few projects and witnessed the enthusiasm and perseverance that makes Steve a very interesting person. Today, I wanted to interview
Harry’s, a subscription-based model for grooming products went viral with a very clever campaign. Here’s how they did it. Specifically this post will explain how they gathered nearly 100,000 email addresses in one week (!). This post includes all the email templates, open-source code, and insider tricks that you can use to replicate their success. It’s similar
Vlad Tenev, co-founder of commission-free stock trading app, Robinhood, spoke this morning at the UCLA Founder School. The Forbes 30 under 30 and UCLA Math PhD dropout talked about the experiences that led him to cofound Robinhood, the trend that he sees in consumer products, and his personal portfolio of stock picks. Tenev started the
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