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Today's Entrepreneur: Matthew Williamson

by Mitos Suson, November 7, 2016

No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make? Thinking that investor money can solve a business problem

Today's entrepreneur is Matthew Williamson, co-founder of Push Health. Push Health was founded with a simple idea: every medical provider should be able to care for his or her network using great technology tools. Their core technology enables any licensed medical provider to simply and securely send a prescription or lab order to any patient with an email address. Since ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Cullen Gallagher

by Mitos Suson, October 28, 2016

No. 1 mistake: Completely giving up on entrepreneurship after failures

Today's Entrepreneur is Cullen Gallagher. Cullen Gallagher is a Co-Founder and CEO at Reely. Reely is an end-to-end content solution for sports leagues and content providers. They have created an automated highlight generation system that uses computer vision and deep learning artificial intelligence to instantly identify, generate, and distribute highlight plays from sporting events. Their tech represents $300M in savings ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Cody Barbo

by Mitos Suson, October 26, 2016

No. 1 mistake: Not seeking out mentors

Today's Entrepreneur is Cody Barbo. Cody is a Founder and CEO at Industry. He is an entrepreneur from California. Industry is a professional network, marketplace, and hiring solution for top talent in the service and hospitality industry. Here's a little about Cody: I am a(n): Entrepreneur Companies I've founded or co-founded: Industry, Niche Companies I work or worked for: Apple, Microsoft, University of California, San ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Ian Chen

by Jam Narte, October 6, 2016

No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs: Not controlling their burn rate

Today's Entrepreneur is Ian Chen, co-founder of Discotech. Discotech is the OpenTable for Nightlife. Its free to download mobile app allows users to discover events, reserve tables, purchase tickets, and get access to nightlife venues in different cities. Its mission is to bring efficiency and transparency to the grossly outdated nightlife space. Ian was born and raised in Potomac, Maryland. Ian ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Lou Tomassetti

by Jam Narte, September 26, 2016

No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs: You will know soon enough who you can and cannot rely on

Today's entrepreneur is Lou Tomassetti, co-founder of Smartrazor. This innovation is very exciting and is the first major reinvent of razors in hundreds of years. The SmartRazor has new heated blades technology which brings heat to the cutting edge of the blades so they glide through your hair effortlessly with virtually no tug or pull for incredible comfort and shaving ...

Today's Entrepreneur: David Gritz

by Mitos Suson, April 29, 2016

No. 1 Mistake: No. 1 mistake is failing to plan for the next level

Today's Entrepreneur is David Gritz, Co-founder and Chief Strategist at Hatch House. Hatch House Ventures is a live-work start-up incubator for seed entrepreneurs. Virtual Incubator Network is a spin-off company of Hatch House Ventures, is a software platform designed to enable community managers to more effectively engage and grow their communities. The Virtual Incubator Network enables managers to build effective mentorship programs, engage pre-members for ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Ricardo Cuervo

by Mitos Suson, April 27, 2016

No.1 Mistake: Giving up on an idea too quickly

Today's Entrepreneur is Ricardo Cuervo, Founder of Genostyle. Genostyle provides solutions that break style down into quantifiable data and use that data to build a “style genome” of a person or brand. That genome then powers the relationship between retailer and consumer, creating a common, quantifiable language of style that guides the consumer towards products they love and retailers towards selling ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Ryan Pawell

by Mitos Suson, April 26, 2016

No. 1 Mistake: Squabbling

Today's Entrepreneur is Ryan Pawell, Co-founder and CEO of Indee, Inc. Indee is an early stage biotechnology company developing a new method and device for delivering therapeutically relevant molecules into cells. This device is aimed at addressing the current unmet need in clinical and commercial scale manufacturing for affordable and scalable cell-based therapies. Ryan Pawell is a published author and invited ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Alex Chan

by Mitos Suson, April 25, 2016

No. 1 Mistake: Behind the cash and a phenomenal product lies one key ingredient: it is hustling

Today's Entrepreneur is Alex Chan, Founder of DataNovo. DataNovo is a big data, analytics startup that provides predictions of future outcomes and actionable recommendations to help companies, legal practitioners, and stakeholders assess the strength of a patent. For patent owners or accused infringers, our analytics platform helps facilitate your decision making in determining whether to settle upfront, challenge/defend patent validity at the ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Ben Lilienthal

by Mitos Suson, April 22, 2016

No. 1 Mistake: They don't realize how hard it is easy to get customer adoption

Today's Entrepreneur is Ben Lilienthal, Co-founder and CEO of ScreenMeet. ScreenMeet is screen sharing for professionals – for the first time enabling apps, information and presentations to be shared instantly from your phone and computer to any device. Lilienthal is a serial entrepreneur in communications, an avid surfer, mountain biker, hiker, traveler and food policy geek and he is also active in sfunitedtoreducediabetes.org. ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Tim Boeckmann

by Mitos Suson, April 21, 2016

No. 1 Mistake: Entrepreneurs fail to keep their investors updated on progress, problems and funding

Today's Entrepreneur is Tim Boeckmann, COO and Co-founder of Angeloop. Angeloop offers startups business intelligence dashboards, cap table management tool and an easy and secure way to collaborate with their investors. Boeckmann got his Business Studies and French degree in King's College London. He has also co-SeederBoard Ltd which was acquired by Angeloop to supply their reporting engine. Angeloop self-categorizes in ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Steve Boerner

by Mitos Suson, April 20, 2016

No. 1 Mistake: Letting their fears hold them back

Today's Entrepreneur is Steve Boerner, Founder and President at Hatch House. Hatch House Ventures is a live-work start-up incubator for seed entrepreneurs. Virtual Incubator Network is a spin-off company of Hatch House Ventures, is a software platform designed to enable community managers to more effectively engage and grow their communities. The Virtual Incubator Network enables managers to build effective mentorship programs, engage pre-members for higher ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Niles Lichtenstein

by Mitos Suson, April 19, 2016

No. 1 Mistake: Being okay going out to potential users with a less than perfect product

Today's Entrepreneur is Niles Lichtenstein, CEO and Co-founder of The History Project. The History Project (THP) is changing how our history is told by re-inventing the digital time capsule. THP has created a space between the momentary chatter of social media and the automation of cloud storage to unify our most important memories and curate them beautifully into collaborative multi-media narratives ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Igor Feerer

by Mitos Suson, April 18, 2016

No. 1 Mistake: Not reaching out to people that can help

Today's Entrepreneur is Igor Feerer, Co-founder and CEO of Angeloop. Angeloop offers startups business intelligence dashboards, cap table management tool and an easy and secure way to collaborate with their investors. He got the taste of the entrepreneurial spirit in his senior year of college when he co-founded YGS, Inc. (auxiliary legal service firm, specializing in legal filings and subpoena delivery). ...

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