Tag: Household Names
Fighting Global Iron Deficiency, One Lucky Iron Fish at a Time
Sets of three are lucky in Cambodia. But when Dr. Gavin Armstrong incorporated his company Lucky Iron Fish on 12/12/12, he wasn’t thinking much about luck. Rather, he was launching an innovative solution to one of Cambodia's biggest problems; iron deficiency.
December 5, 2016
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo's Advice for Entrepreneurial Women
In the early 2000s, the Yellow Pages just weren’t cutting it. At least not for Sheila Lirio Marcelo, who was struggling to find care for her newborn child and her ailing father. Her struggle to find suitable care inspired her to develop a better solution for families everywhere.
October 3, 2016
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership
TripAdvisor's Stephen Kaufer on Shifting from Founder to CEO
Stephen Kaufer has been with TripAdvisor throughout its 16-year journey from B2B vertical search engine to becoming the world’s largest travel site. Along the way, he has steered the company through pivots, sales, acquisitions and an IPO, to become an industry-leader in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving market.
September 22, 2016
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Investing in Women: A Conversation with Tory Burch
If net worth were measured in shoes, today Tory Burch is worth more than 4 million of her signature Reva ballet flats. Is there a secret to her success? In retrospect, she says it’s scary to think how little she knew at the outset, but her motivation to challenge herself and be open to new experiences has never wavered.
July 30, 2014
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership
