I'm thrilled to have recently worked with CNBC and Nightly Business Report on a new three-part small business series. Featuring Basecamp, LearnVest, and FDS, I shared my thoughts on what these companies are doing right and where there's room to grow. Check out the segments below. ...
For some people, the path to career success is crystal clear. But Farhad Attaie is not some people, well at least not anymore. Farhad is the Co-founder and CEO of hellosmile, a health management company that is transforming the delivery of pediatric health services to underserved...
When Contently was founded in 2010 there was still some debate as to the value of content marketing. Four years later, the conversation has shifted from should we create content to how could we not? Shane Snow isn't surprised by the change in tone. Shane is...
It’s estimated that some 11,000 new business books are published each year—almost 1,000 every month. And yet still, attracting the attention of a traditional publisher remains inherently challenging. Fear not. Matt Inman may be able to help. Matt is an editor at Crown Publishing Group—an imprint...
In an age where “follow your passion” has become cliché, finding or creating genuinely meaningful work can be a daunting task. But Amber Rae doesn’t think it has to be. In fact, the writer and entrepreneur is working hard to make this elusive chore not...
From technology to potato salad, crowdfunding has become a multibillion-dollar industry. This relatively new practice of raising small amounts of money from a large group of consumers is reinventing the way entrepreneurs raise capital—and Clay Hebert would like to help you cash in on the...
Like many entrepreneurs, Nomiki Konst's background may not seem particularly linear on paper. From interning during Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senatorial run and fundraising for the Obama campaign to founding the nonprofit organization Alliance Hollywood, Nomiki has managed to straddle the complicated and often misunderstood worlds of business...
Al Pittampalli isn’t afraid to question the status quo. His first book Read This Before Our Next Meeting argued that meeting culture in corporate America is broken and offered a new set of rules to reform the failing system. Ranked the most popular kindle book in...
In 2011, Sam Cervantes set out to achieve an extraordinarily ambitious goal: create the world’s most affordable and easy to use 3D printer. But unlike many tech entrepreneurs who immediately begin looking for investment dollars, Sam decided to bootstrap his business from the ground up....
By 25-years-old, Hugh Whalan had accomplished something most people only dream of: he'd traveled to over 30 different countries and cultivated a deep passion for social enterprise. Less than a decade later, the serial entrepreneur has started three businesses in Africa focused on delivering energy to...