Tell us about yourself and where you have come from? I created and handle all marketing for my product, The Hangover Cure. I am 25 years old and my supplement company is based in Dallas. I’m having a blast growing my brand every single day of my life since its creation. Where did the idea for “the hangover cure” come from? Like any great invention, the idea for…
The Young Entrepreneur Behind "Hottest College in America"
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Startup Advice / December 22, 2009Tell us a little about you and your company. Age, background, how you got going etc… My name is Bryan Roy I’m a 20-year-old junior from the University of Arizona. Born and raised in Agawam, Mass., I started Hottest College in America this past August after a popular swimsuit calendar decided to just feature Arizona State University students this year. Naturally from our in-state rivalry, we wanted to…
Tips for Inspiration and Creativity from the Founder of Grasshopper.com
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Startup Advice / November 30, 2009Tell us a little about Grasshopper. Where did it come from and where is it today? We started in 2003 as GotVMail Communications and re-branded as Grasshopper in May of this year. Our virtual phone system is used by tens of thousands of entrepreneurs to make starting and growing their small businesses easy. It helps them sound more professional and stay connected to callers, wherever they are. Our…
How an Economics Major is Leading Innovation in the Music Industry
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Startup Advice / November 17, 2009Photo: Kristen Bartlett/The University of Florida Are your parents pushing you to be a Doctor, Lawyer, Economist or some other bull that you could care less about? There is hope for you This was the founder of Grooveshark.com, an amazing way to listen to your favorite music online. With 1.5 million registered users we’re talking remarkable growth–like 20%–last week! Under30CEO got the chance to talk with Sam Tarantino…
Josh Shipp Used to Get Kicked out of Class for Talking: Now he Gets Paid to Talk
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Startup Advice / November 5, 2009U30: You’ve appeared on TRL, FoxNews, Comedy Central and Cosmo Girl. How’d you score the press? I started all this as a professional speaker- going around to high schools and colleges and speaking to large audiences. But that doesn’t translate to media. A speech is one person to five hundred. Media is one person to one person times give hundred. Once I understood this, I knew I needed…
Laurie Davis is Building the "eFlirt Expert" Brand
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Startup Advice / October 21, 2009Online dating has exploded in recent years. We’ve all heard of people on sites like Match.com, eHarmony.com, or PlentyofFish.com. Most successful entrepreneurs will tell you that opportunity is everywhere and its no different with the explosion of the online dating industry. Laurie Davis has jumped on this opportunity and has turned herself into the eFlirt Expert optimizing people’s online dating profiles. Laurie has been featured in The Boston…
Not Your Ordinary Salesman: Zappos Tony Hsieh
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews• Startup Advice / October 7, 2009Not Your Ordinary Shoe Salesman: How Corporate Culture Sells More Than a Billion Dollars of Shoes A Year By Nick Nanton Branding Consultant and Celebrity Lawyer Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is focused on Zappos’ ultimate goal of being “a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.” Although he focuses on customer service, he isn’t half bad at selling shoes either — taking Zappos to a new…
Young Entrepreneurs Turning Partying into Businesses Part 2
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews / October 2, 2009If you missed it check out Young Entrepreneurs Turning Partying into Businesses Part 1 Here are two more Under 30 CEOs that are making things happen doing something they really love in life. They saw opportunities and grabbed them. The party did not stop after college for these guys. Andrew Moran – New York Bar Store Andrew grew up in Hartford, CT, attended the University of Connecticut and…
Young Entrepreneurs Turning Partying into Businesses Part 1
by / ⠀Entrepreneur Interviews / September 23, 2009Remember those times when your parents said “If you put as much time into video games and socializing as you did school work you would have straight A’s”? Why not take that effort and passion for those things and turn them into businesses? That is exactly what these entrepreneurs are doing. Quitting the job hunt they are going after what they really love in life. From beer pong…