Modeling Masters
3 Steps to Bagging an Awesome Mentor
It goes without saying that every entrepreneur, no matter their age, can always benefit from the expertise of a skilled and seasoned mentor. This is a person who's gone through the whole "been there, done that" type of thing. Furthermore, …
Profile on Jeff Bezos
"A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well," – Jeff Bezos They say that, as a toddler, Jeff Bezos tried to take apart his crib with …
Profile on Julie Aigner-Clark: Founder of Baby Einstein
"There was nothing on the market that I felt was any good, so I decided to make something myself," – Julie Aigner-Clark Julie Aigner-Clark is probably the ultimate momtrepreneur. Yet she didn’t start out with any grand ambitions in the …
Profile on Sam Walton
"Capital isn’t scarce; vision is" – Sam Walton Sam Walton could be one of the most understated and under-recognized names in the history of the United States. Much to his delight, his influence on the very way that we live …
Profile on Craig Newmark
"People are smart, good and surprise me with the way they use our site." Craig Newmark. You could be forgiven for thinking that Craig Newmark was maybe a little naïve, exuding a level of trust that simply does not seem …
Profile on Peter Jones
"Believe in yourself, never give up and go about your business with passion, drive and enthusiasm" – Peter Jones Peter Jones is quintessentially British, as Anglophile as his no-nonsense, straight to the point name might suggest. In many respects however …
Profile on Simon Woodroffe OBE
"Business has been so drab, all grey suits and cufflinks. But there’s a whole new generation of entrepreneurs starting to make it fun" – Simon Woodroffe OBE. If you wanted to sum up Simon Woodroffe in a couple of sentences …
Profile on Simon Calver
"In a small business you don’t have the time to carry people or constantly work through mistakes and issues. Find a problem, fix it and move on. That’s a mantra that anyone in business should follow," – Simon Calver. Those …
Profile on Chad Hurley
"It's about creating new market opportunities. Giving users new ways to be creative…We see our technology as a platform for other things" – Chad Hurley. Like many other concepts that we now take for granted as part of our everyday …
Profile on Mark Zuckerberg
"The biggest risk you can take is to take no risk" – Mark Zuckerberg To be classified as one of the world’s most influential people at the age of 24 is quite an achievement. Most people of that age are …
Profile on Vera Wang
"Don’t be afraid to take time to learn. It’s good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn" – Vera Wang. Vera Wang fully understands that life is all about a …
Profile on Julie Meyer
"Never not do something because you don’t have the money. If you want to do it enough and you’re focused enough, the money will find you" – Julie Meyer* She may be American by birth and exhibit all the outward …
Profile on Milton Hershey
"I think if you study – if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else" – Milton Hershey. Milton Snavely Hershey was quite possibly the ultimate philanthropist. Born …
Profile on Jack Dorsey Co-Founder of Twitter
"We’re fond of constraints that inspire creativity. Constraints inspire us in how we approach the press, how we approach business relationships, how we do everything." Jack Dorsey. It’s quite sobering to think that someone at the ripe old age of …
Profile on Larry Ellison
"When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts." – Larry Ellison. Lawrence Joseph Ellison was not to meet his biological mother until he was 48 years old, often feuded with his adoptive father, dropped …
Profile on Berry Gordy Jr.
"Don’t judge yourself by others’ standards … have your own. And don’t get caught up into the trap of changing yourself to fit the world. The world has to change to fit you. And if you stick to your principles, …
"I don't think we can sit back and wait for someone else to take the lead, just so we don't have to expend energy or money. We've got to utilize the recourse it takes to advance our causes and hold up our part of the deal" – Donald Fisher
Donald Fisher has two life changing events to thank for his legacy. The native Californian readily admits that the first "changed my life completely," and the second prompted him to start a business enterprise that would elevate him and his …
Customers are like a force of nature: you can't fool them and you ignore them at your own peril." – Herb Kelleher
Herb Kelleher is synonymous with success. He has become the poster child for the airline industry in an era where there has been precious little good news. Kelleher founded Southwest Airlines against considerable behind the scenes and blatant opposition and …
Profile on Ernest and Julio Gallo.
“Success in life depends on who your parents were and what circumstances you grew up in" - Ernest and Julio Gallo. Few people have had more of an impact on the US wine market than the Gallo brothers, Ernest and …
Profile on Sir Tom Hunter
"The man who dies rich, dies in disgrace." — Sir Tom Hunter. In 2007, considerable publicity was given to the announcement that Sir Tom Hunter would be donating £1b to charity during his lifetime. It was said that this was …
Profile on Michael Bloomberg
"I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven’t had any moral compass, who’ve just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they’re losers." – Michael Bloomberg. As a …
"If you have leadership that does not have integrity, if you do not ask excellence of yourself as a leader and always thinking about quality, then you're not going to be successful because nobody else is going to ask that of themselves either." – Judi Sheppard Missett
It doesn’t matter what kind of business you’re running, you must be able to adapt as you go. Nobody has taken this philosophy to a higher level than Judi Sheppard Missett, who combined a love for dance with a need …
"The idea that some day people would want to be able to interact and get stock quotes and talk with other people or all these different things, I just believed that was going to happen." – Steve Case
Steve Case is at the same time a very personal man and one whose ambitions have carried him into a very public spotlight, some times more often than he would like. The softly spoken 51-year-old will probably be best remembered …
"I'm Not a Paranoid Deranged Millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a Billionaire." – Howard Hughes.
Howard Hughes was probably the first truly famous, controversial, wealthy extrovert. When you think of an archetypal billionaire his name probably comes to mind. He lived his life his own way and was by any definition, completely unorthodox. In later …
"Time is Free, But it's Priceless. You Can't Own it, But You Can Use it. You Can't Keep it, But You Can Spend it. Once You've Lost it You Can Never Get it Back." Harvey Mackay.
Fortune magazine probably summed him up appropriately. They called Harvey Mackay "Mr. Make Things Happen," and this accurately describes this powerhouse of a man. Mackay has been at the helm of a highly successful self-made corporation for some 50 years …
