19 Apr, 2007
Posted by: Jason Drohn In: entrepreneur stories| young entrepreneur
When I see news like the $45 million StumbleUpon Acquisition, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Right in front of our eyes, a young entrepreneur started, built, and sold a high profile company to a huge organization.
After reading about the StumbleUpon buyout from every single vendor and website out there, I decided [...]
16 Apr, 2007
Posted by: Jason Drohn In: entrepreneur stories| young entrepreneur
Reading a very long article by FastCompany.com, I wanted to take a minute and point something out.
I did a podcast last week about ideas being the basis of startups. People who have the ability to recognize a need, solve it, and turn it into a business, are the ones who are successful.
Mark Zuckerberg is no [...]
Howard Schultz has long been one of my role models. Not only does he lead with vision and intergrity, he believes that community is what make his business successful.
I had to write a paper on leadership principles, that I put at the end of this post in PDF form for you to check out. I [...]
23 Jan, 2007
Posted by: Jason Drohn In: entrepreneur stories
I just learned of a company, thanks to TechCrunch, who has bootstrapped their way to $10 million worth of revenue and 19 employees. That company is SmugMug.
SmugMug is a photo sharing service, with some more upscale features including a slick interface, great customer service, and options of ordering prints. Judging from the reactions of the [...]
Brian Scudamore is the founder of a bootstrapping, success story; 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Not only is he strong willed, he is smart; and he has people around him that believe in his vision..
The Beginning of an Idea
1-800-GOT-JUNK was started in 1989, with $700 and a beat-up pickup truck. Brian was just out of high school and had [...]