How I Did It: Mission Accomplished Amit Kapoor was just starting his senior year at George Washington University when a tragic event shifted the trajectory of Amit’s career forever. Four airliners were hijacked by terrorists and crashed into the World Trade Center,...
How I Did It: Making that Big Payday a Reality We’ve all heard the adage “big risks lead to big rewards.” But that doesn’t mean you should take unnecessary risks. Bob Eisiminger built Knight Point Systems into a company he successfully sold for $250 million with a...
How I Did It: Turning Regulations into a Moonshot Regulations are typically considered a hindrance to the industries that must deal with them. But they also create opportunities for smart entrepreneurs who can jump in to help companies comply. That was Evren Ozkaya’s...
How I Did It: Getting the FBI to Fund A Moonshot As a government contractor who provided software development services to the likes of the Department of Defense, Jere Simpson had a pretty safe gig. The federal government’s typical time-and-materials contracts meant...
How A $1,200 Vacuum Cleaner Turned Greg’s Moneymaker Into A Moonshot EXCERPT FROM WORTH MAGAZINE: Greg Theroux was having a moment. The Des Moines, Iowa based-entrepreneur was sitting in a classroom in Oxford University at the annual Oxford Innovation Conference for...
How to Take Stakeholder Capitalism To The Stratosphere Sixteen years ago, Bill Roark co-founded Torch Technologies, a technical services provider for the U.S. Defense Department. His mission was to create a company where every employee shared in its growth and...
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