BizSugar.com › User › jonspenceley › Upcoming

Forrester started WooThemes in 2007 as a source for developers building on the WordPress platform to purchase and find support for premium themes. The site has expanded to include “App themes,” which both change the visual layout of WordPress, and add functionality. Read More

Ljung said that SoundCloud came out of a need he saw for audio creators. “SoundCloud was born out of the frustrations that there were no tools available at the time for creators, so we decided to change that." Read More

Ben Congleton considers himself a Taoist more than an entrepreneur. He didn’t set out to start a company – it just sort of happened. “I was just an entrepreneur. I like to make ideas real. In elementary school I sold pencils,” said Congleton in an interview. Read More

oldfish and video production don’t necessarily have much in common, but for Common Craft founder Lee LeFever, one would end up being a huge inspiration for the other. Read More

For Forrst founder Kyle Bragger, entrepreneurship was just the next step in a long history of building things. “I was always eager to get hands-on with stuff, whether that was Lego, bowling, playing drums, or eventually, programming,” said Bragger in an interview. Read More

Some entrepreneurs wait until university to flesh out their programming careers. Others start hacking away in high school, and hit the ground running when they start their post-secondary education. For OnSwipe founder Jason Baptiste, his obsession with technology began slightly earlier. Read More

Squarespace founder Anthony Casalena didn’t necessarily know he wanted to start a business, but he did have a clear concept of what he wanted. Read More

Wufoo founder Kevin Hale hadn’t intended on starting a business. He studied Modern American Literature, and an interdisciplinary degree called Digital Arts that saw him doing work for museums, and designing musical instruments. Hale originally intended to enroll in graduate school. Read More

Many startup founders look to their parents for inspiration, and GoInstant founder Jevon MacDonald is no exception. “I knew early on that I really couldn’t ‘work for’ anyone else,” he said in interview. Read More

COLOURlovers founder Darius A Monsef IV always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur, but he wasn’t always sure what that meant. “I was the young kid running the car washing service, or using my allowance to buy lots of candy at the store and selling it at a mark-up to the kids around my neighborhoo Read More