Profiles
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 …
Interview with Sanjay Sabnani of CrowdGather
This week I was lucky enough to interview Sanjay Sabnani. Sanjay is the CEO of CrowdGather. He has been an active proponent of message boards since 2002, when he acquired General Mayhem, his first message board community. Adam: How did …
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 …
Interview with Robert Castaneda of CustomWare
This week I caught up with Robert Castaneda, founder of CustomWare Asia Pacific, for an interview. Robert started CustomWare in July 2001, just before he left university. Eight years later the company has over 70 staff, offices in Sydney, Melbourne, …
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 …
Interview with Jake Nickell
For this week’s interview I was lucky enough to catch up with Jake Nickell. Jake is the founder of Threadless, a t-shirt design community where users submit designs, community votes, and staff choose between the most popular design Adam: You …
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 …
Interview with Hooman Radfar
This week I have had the privilege of interviewing Hooman Radfar. Hooman is the CEO and founder of Clearspring, which he started in 2004. Clearspring is the leading provider of online widget syndication services. When he is not busy building …
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 …
Interview with Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk is the Director of Operations of Wine Library, a wine retail shop in New Jersey. He gained fame as the host of Wine Library TV, an internet webcast on the subject of wine. This year, Gary signed a …
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 …
Interview with Alain Raynaud
This week I have had the good fortune to interview Alain Raynaud, who is the founder and CEO of FairSoftware. He previously co-founded EVE-USA and was their Technical Director, in San Jose. Alain started his career in high-tech as a …
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 …
Interview with Andrew Warner
This week I have been lucky enough to interview Andrew Warner. Andrew is the creator of Mixergy.com which helps ambitious people, who love business learn from a mix of experienced mentors. Adam: You've described yourself as a "passionate salesman my …
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 …
Interview with Aaron Patzer
This week I have been lucky enough to interview Aaron Patzer. Aaron Patzer started Mint.com when he was just 25, after becoming frustrated by the amount of time it took him to organize his personal finances using traditional computer-based programs. …
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 …
Young Entrepreneur Interview with Peter Crawfurd and Michael Yang
This week I caught up with Peter Crawfurd, an inspirational entrepreneur who had an amazing story to tell! Peter Crawfurd and Michael Yang are cofounders of http://www.ShirtsMyWay.com, a great website that lets you design your own dress shirts in detail. …
Interview with Warren Jolly
For this week's interview we are fortunate enough to hear from Warren Jolly. Warren is 26 and the CEO of Affiliate Media. Warren and Raj Lahoti (check out our Interview with Raj Lahoti) co-founded the business just a few years …
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 …
Interview with Jason Rzepka
This week I have been lucky enough to interview Jason Rzepka. Jason is currently the VP of public affairs at MTV. Prior to joining MTV, Jason was the director of communications for the Pop!Tech Institute. Adam: You have had a …
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 …
