Inc. 500 Honoree Stories
Aaron Weikle (CEO, Mountain State Software Solutions – MS3)
“My real estate venture showed me how pressing forward and not watching signs in the market, can lead you to the finish line, but you might not realize the location of the race had changed. ” Aaron Weikle Age: 35 Company Name: Mountain State Software Solutions (MS3)...
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Vasu Kulkarni (Founder, Krossover)
“Accept failure. In fact, embrace it as something that is inevitable, and as something that will make you stronger. ” Vasu Kulkarni Age: 30 Company Name: Krossover Title: Founder Website: https://www.krossover.com/ Hometown: Bangalore, India Relationship: Married to...
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Tim and Dave Dyer Story – Manifesto Agency
David Dyer CEO & Managing Partner Tim Dyer Partner l Chief Storyteller Industry: Advertising & Marketing Meet David and Tim (Dyer) Names: Tim Dyer and David Dyer (identical twins) Age: 35 Company Name: Manifesto Agency Title: David: CEO & Managing Partner...
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Nomad Temporary Housing (2015)
Industry: Real Estate This company is ranked #422 on the Inc 5000 list! Inc Magazine says this about them: "Provides temporary apartments to corporations that use them for employees who are relocating or on long-term business assignments." Located in San Diego,...
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Laura Cope (Founder/Creative Director, Laura Cope Photography)
"Failure is just a matter of perspective. I think the only failure is not having enough patience to see things through." - Laura Cope Passion is defined as a strong and barely controllable emotion. Laura Cope’s passion for her craft is evident in every facet of her...
Adam Markel, Author of PIVOT (Speaker, Coach, Transformational Leader)
The team at Five Hundred Stories sat down with Adam Markel at the Digital Footprint Conference. In this interview Adam gives some valuable insights regarding entrepreneurship, happiness and purpose. Adam's story comes from a place of truth and real life experience,...
Brian Smith, Speaker/Author (Founder of UGG Boots)
Intro "Ignorance is a key element for every entrepreneur; some level of ignorance. Because if you knew all the obstacles ahead, you would never do it." "In life you get beat down. In business, you get beat down twice as much!" - Brian Smith/UGG Founder Five Hundred...
Thomas Smale (Founder, FE International)
"If you have a business partner and/or team, don't blame people when things fail, as it will happen regularly (particularly in a small and agile company)" - Thomas Smale, re: failure Thomas Smale didn’t grow up in a family with a history of entrepreneurship. He didn’t...
Young Innovators Spotlight
Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Engineers
Close your eyes and picture an engineer. You probably weren't envisioning Debbie Sterling. Debbie Sterling is an engineer and founder of GoldieBlox, a toy company out to inspire the next generation of female engineers. She has made it her mission in life to tackle the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math.
Check out Debbie Sterling's incredibly motivational TEDx talk.
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