Whether you’re trying to create a super sleek contemporary workspace with quirky chairs, desks and storage solutions or you’re keen to use more traditional fixtures and fittings, you’ll be able to find furniture that fits the bill. Before you start splashing your cash though, it’s important to make sure that you know what you’re doing. ... Read more...
“One my psychoses is that I feel like I can do anything,” Bre Pettis told Inc.com. He continued, “I believe anybody can do anything, even thing that don’t exist.” What doesn’t exist was, for years, the mainstay of the life of Bre Pettis co-founder and CEO of MakerBot, a manufacturer and seller of 3-D Printers. ... Read more...
Do you run to your meetings? Why does Box CEO Aaron Levie wear sneakers to work? You know, the whole skinny jacket and red canvas sneaks look? Is he a hipster? Is he flouting convention? Or is the sartorial choice due to the fact that he runs to meetings? Taking a look at the daily ... Read more...
Edison was a businessman of great vision. We’re embarking on a series profiling entrepereneurs throughout history. Last time, it was John Jacob Astor, fur millionaire, and today it’s none other than Thomas Alva Edison, every bit the entrepreneur he was the scientist. Edison amassed a net worth of $12,000,000, which in today’s money would allow ... Read more...
IKEA's founder leads by example. Here’s the third installment of our Historical Entrepreneur series, in which we look a bit beyond the Kalanicks and Spiegels and to the lives of entrepreneurs whose careers have unfolded (mostly) in their entirety. These not be folks who were there to witness the horrors of the Civil War or ... Read more...