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Carolyn Amurao

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Success means influence

Matthew Medney, the CEO and co-founder of DOG Media, hopes to be the boss that everyone wants. He hates the word “intern” and the word “employee,” he told us. Instead, he uses the terms “team members” and “aspiring leaders.” We sat down with Medney for this edition of Do What You Love — a series […]

Do what you love: you can’t fake it

When Andrew Kessler went on a promotional tour for his first book, Martian Summer, which documents his three month stint in mission control for NASA’s Phoenix Mars mission in 2009, he experienced how difficult it was to attract people to an event. This struggle led him to found his own company, Togather: a tool for smarter […]

A different stage for Shark Tank author Michael Parrish DuDell

All the world’s a stage for Michael Parrish DuDell. The entrepreneur and first-time author attributes his success in the business world to his acting background. “Acting and performing have helped me in every part of business,” DuDell told us in an interview. “It’s my sole competitive advantage. It is the most important part of who […]

School can’t teach you how to be fearless

There are some people who don’t need to speak loudly in order to be heard. Openbox founder, Marquise Stillwell, is one of those people. With a quiet but powerful presence, Stillwell talks with a poignancy that makes his tidbits of wisdom seem new and fresh, no matter if you’ve heard them before. We sat down with him […]

First Hour: a morning with Michael Parrish DuDell

You’ll never catch Michael Parrish DuDell sitting around and doing nothing. The entrepreneur, award-winning speaker and newly minted author of the book, “Shark Tank: Jump Start Your Business,” is always keeping busy. “I fill my days with meetings, friends, events and tasks,” he told us. “I’m just not somebody who likes sitting in one place.” […]

‘You’re going to go broke and that’s okay’

Benji Kayne, founder of kayneLIVE, has been an entrepreneur since he was a teenager. We sat down with him for this edition of Do What You Love — a series that showcases the individuals behind startups and small businesses. Here’s what he shared: I’m from Columbus, Ohio. At [age] 16 I bought a small mobile […]

There’s only one way to succeed

For this edition of Do What You Love — a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind startups and small businesses — we sat down with Jeffrey Blum, the creative director and founder of We Make Something (previously Welkome Agency.) Here’s what Blum shared: I was born in Switzerland and my mother’s American; she’s from New York. […]

When you realize there’s something you have to do, you just do it

For this edition of Do What You Love — a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies — we sat down with Kaiyi Chu, the founder of Votopin. Here’s what he shared: I quit my job last October [2012]. We launched the product at the end of [this past] October. I was a marketing manager […]

We all have to work on ourselves

David Ganulin is the CEO and founder of KettleBell Concepts, which launched in 2002 and has trained over 5,000 of the industry’s kettlebell instructors. We sat down with the fitness-minded entrepreneur for Do What You Love — a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind startups and small businesses. Here’s what he shared: I grew up in […]

We work to live, we don’t live to work

We sat down with Danielle Weingarden, the founder of DIW Accounting, for Do What You Love — a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. Here’s what she shared: My family had a firm. My grandfather was a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and an attorney. There was a firm that his father had started, and when my grandfather […]

I always said I was going to be a CEO

We sat down with Sonia Sahney Nagar, the founder of Pickie, for Do What You Love — a new series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. Here’s what she shared: I studied mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan and got my start in tech a little bit there. I used to spend my summers programming for a […]

I refused to change my career

Do What You Love is a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. In this edition, we sat down with Maria Ramos, co-founder of digital design and marketing agency, Defined Creative. Here’s what she shared: I’m originally from the Dominican Republic. I did all my schooling there;  I went to college there as well. I […]

Experiences are more valuable than possessions

Do What You Love is a new series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. For this edition, we sat down with Sam Lundin, the CEO of Vimbly. Here’s what he shared: My background is in technology investing. After Cornell I did mergers and acquisitions at Lazard—investment banking focusing on tech companies. From there I […]

It’s important to build something that’s meaningful

Do What You Love is a new series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. For this edition, we sat down with Jason Oh, the founder and CEO of e-commerce site, mohchi. Here’s what he shared: At Berkeley I studied English Literature. Back then in my naiveté I thought I’d be an English professor and […]

Failure is never final

Do What You Love is a new series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. For this edition we sat down with Brittany Hodak, co-founder of ZinePak. Here’s what she shared: A ZinePak is a collectible piece of memorabilia for superfans of an artist or a brand. It combines a custom magazine with media and […]

Surround yourself with people that can do what you can’t

Do What You Love is a new series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. For this edition, we sat down with David Joo, co-founder and co-CEO of math-based online learning program KnowRe. KnowRe, which started out as an offline math academy in Korea in 2008, recently won a $100,000 prize at the Global Case Startup competition. […]