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Unemployment is never an easy situation to get through. For some, the uncertainty of the job market can be a crippling blow, while others use their new found freedom to start something new. Read More

The creative freedom that comes with being an entrepreneur is often balanced by the immense risk and responsibility of charting your own course, and bringing others along for the ride. For some, this kind of emotional dichotomy would be unbearable... Read More

Many startups begin as school projects. Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google during their time at Stanford, and countless other tech companies have gone from graduate project to successful venture. For entrepreneur Ben Milne, school always took a back seat to his business ventures. Read More

Many entrepreneurs build successful companies by ‘scratching their own itch’ and solving a problem they face every day. For Mixpanel founder Suhail Doshi, inspiration came from watching others struggle and seeing an opportunity to lighten their burdens. Read More

When you are asked to sign a contract – whether it’s an advertising campaign or a cottage rental – the process is usually the same: print off the contract, sign it, scan it, and email it back. It can be a cumbersome process, and one that entrepreneur Tom Gonser decided he wanted to fix. Read More

Few entrepreneurs relish the thought of working for someone else. The freedom that comes with starting your own company is often too powerful to resist, and for entrepreneur Jeffrey Veen, his motivation can be summed up in one simple phrase. “I’m a terrible employee,” Veen said in interview. Read More

Entrepreneurs who have their first brush with business at a young age are nothing new. Life360 founder Chris Hulls sold Beanie Babies at eleven, and satellite dishes in high school, but his path to entrepreneurship wasn’t exactly traditional. Read More

Starting a company is no small undertaking. From finding an idea, to validating it with potential customers, many start-ups vanish before a single line of code is written, or a prototype is built. For entrepreneur Danae Ringelmann, building her startup was only half the battle. Read More

Growing up with entrepreneurial parents can definitely help a budding startup founder find their passion, but few entrepreneurs can say they grew up in a community of entrepreneurs. For HotelTonight founder Sam Shank, his hometown was as influential in his career choice as his family was. Read More

When starting a company, building a community around your product is important. For entrepreneur Oleg Gutsol, the community came first, and he built his team around it. “I love working with great people, and creating a company was another way of gathering together... Read More