Entrepreneur Stories
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo
http://www.care.comMaking It Personal. Sheila Lirio Marcelo believes in the social power of technology. With the founding of Care.com, she helped build a model of care that, today, helps millions of people with their caregiving needs.
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Kevin Ryan
http://www.gilt.comTalent First. The most critical factor contributing to Gilt Groupe’s early success was the strength and varied expertise of its founding team.
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Dharmesh Shah and Brian Halligan
http://www.hubspot.comThrowing Out the Playbook. Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah knew the traditional marketing playbook was broken. So they figured out a way to disrupt an entire industry, introducing Inbound Marketing.
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Matthew and Brian Monahan
http://www.inflection.com/New World of Records. The Monahan brothers dreamed of one day running a company with the ability to impact millions. Now the Monahans are on course to fundamentally change the way we access information and protect our personal records.
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Richard Harris, Damon Tassone, and Josh Feuerstein
www.intentmedia.comUnscripted Intent. Richard Harris, Damon Tassone, and Josh Feuerstein are proving that building a company with the potential to unlock half the value of ecommerce on the planet doesn’t have to kill you. In fact, it can be a lot of fun.
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Marc Fleury
http://www.jboss.comGiving Away the Store. How JBoss helped pioneer a new business model based on a radical idea: paying the best developers and giving away the product for free.
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Adam Goldenberg and Don Ressler
http://www.justfab.com/Developing Passion for Fashion. Adam Goldenberg and Don Ressler are probably not the first guys one would think of to launch a fashion company. But, with the introduction of JustFab, these co-CEOs set out to reshape fashion e-commerce.
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Jit Saxena
http://www.netezza.comShifting Positions. How a first-time CEO managed two successful companies through a series of dramatic changes.
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Ash Dahod
http://www.starentnetworks.comMaster of the American Dream. Many American immigrants hold the dream of working hard and someday starting a business. Ashraf Dahod has done so not once, but five times.
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Mikkel Svane
http://www.zendesk.comBuilding Something Beautiful. Mikkel Svane and his two cofounders set out not only to redefine and humanize customer service, but also to make something beautiful.