Pathbrite Shows the Fruits of Having a Crystal Clear Value Proposition

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down again with Heather Hiles, the CEO of Pathbrite™. One thing I noticed from our previous interview is that Heather is one smart entrepreneur. For a first-time entrepreneur, she is not only getting it right and getting “base hits”, but she is slugging balls out of the park!

As a former educator, I understand the complexity of the bureaucratic processes of secondary and post-secondary education systems. That is why I am amazed and extremely excited at how fast Pathbrite is storming through…

CTO Adrian Pike & the Stride Team Have Created the Simplest Sales Tracking Software I have Ever Seen

I recently sat down with Ruby on Rails developer, and current CTO of the beautifully designed Stride app, Adrian Pike. Adrian is currently living in Bellingham, Washington and riding the startup roller-coaster of entrepreneurship. However, he is not new to startups, as he has previously been involved with ShareZen, Leatherbound.me, and the BIG Idea Lab.

Okay, so I can hear you saying, “what is stride?” So all b.s. aside, Stride is hands down…let me repeat…is hands down the simplest sales tracking software for small business (and no…

Acquired by Morgan Stanley, Founder of a Successful VC Firm, and Now at the Helm Running Xydo

My Sit Down with Xydo CEO & Tech Hustler Eric Roach

If anyone could have retired and said that they had made it, it is Xydo CEO Eric Roach! I must say that Eric isn’t like anyone I’ve ever met. His humility and kindness will leave you forgetting exactly the kind of successful person you are actually in the presence of.

Eric is the current CEO of Xydo, a content marketing platform that is generating a lot of buzz from some…

Tech Hustler Brad Feld Discusses His Rise to the Top

Tech Hustler Brad Feld Discusses His Rise to the Top

So who is Brad Feld? Well, if you are in the startup community and don’t know who he is, then I forgive you for living under a rock…it must be awfully dark under there

Okay, take a breath…because he has been to the mountaintop and back! So before Brad became a startup entrepreneur and an investor rock star, he was an executive at AmeriData Technologies after it acquired Feld Technologies. Feld Technologies was a firm he…

Lori Cheek Creates The 2.0 Version Of “Call Me”

Ever since I read about Cheek’d on TechCrunch, I just knew I had to get Lori Cheek on the show! Lori is, the Kentucky native turned New York trend setter, behind the disrupting online and offline dating service, Cheek’d.

Cheek’d bridges the gap between virtual and actual. It fills the much-missing niche between online dating and real-world encounters. It’s the 2.0 version of “Call me.”

The idea of Cheek’d was birthed several years ago, while Lori and an architect friend were having dinner. Across the table, Lori noticed him writing “Want…

SXSW Interactive Tips for a Social & Stress Free Experience

SXSW Interactive Tips

SXSW Interactive Social Tip #1

Have a Game Plan – Know exactly what you want to get out of SXSW and what your sole purpose is for attending.

SXSW Interactive Social Tip #2

Pre-Screen SXSW Panels & Events – After securing your badge for SXSW, register for the SXsocial tool that is on SXSW.com. Look up every single panel ahead of time and see what precisely you need to attend. If…