He ended up dropping out of college, but doesn't necessarily recommend that others do the same. Dorsey also gives everyone he hires the same red book called "The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right. Fun facts: Hermione Way co-founded Ignite with her brother, Ben, and their efforts were documented on Bravo's Start-Ups: Silicon Valley reality TV show. She's also an ex-NBA dancer. Fun facts: Kim Taylor starred on Randi Zuckerberg's "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley" reality TV show last fall.
She's worked closely with Larry Ellison, Matt Mullenweg and other big shots in tech.
As of March 2011, the site was attracting 4 million people a month. Fun facts: Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and was an early investor and Facebook. Brooke used her 38th birthday to raise $57,927 for clean water projects.Recently listed as one of Ad Ageâs Women to Watch, Brooke is an amazingly hardworking and inspiring media relations & strategy guru in New York City.
Fun facts: Kamangar used to date Ivanka Trump and he's one of Larry Page's favorite employees. What does water mean to you? My happiest memories and places I escape to all involve water.
A major value investor is shutting his fund and returning money to investors. Now, she's organizing conferences to help spur growth in the startup community and connect entrepreneurs with potential partners.
", Title: Chief scientist at Bitly and co-founder at HackNY. Joe Biden appeared to mix up Donald Trump and George Bush at a campaign event, Let's talk about how Trump's hands don't match his face and what that says about America right now. Fun facts: Woodcock founded CakeHealth to help people understand their health care coverage and find ways to cut back on costs. She's usually the only one who shows up to a meeting with a Moleskine notebook and pencil, rather than an iPad or laptop. said in an interview last year with Health Level Seven International, Austin always knew she had a little bit of Oprah in her, Austin is dating "Entourage" star Adrian Grenier, still drives his 1996 Toyota Camry and shares an apartment, but doesn't necessarily recommend that others do the same.
believes that "technology should give us superpowers. Company: Brew Media Relations Title: Founder Age: 38 Location: New York, NY Fun facts: Hammerling runs one of the most sought-after PR firms for startups. Fun facts: Aaron Levie started file-sharing and cloud content management startup Box in his dorm room with his friend Dylan Smith while attending the University of Southern California. Fun fact: Payal Kadakia has spent most of her life as a dancer, and considers herself to be a "dancetrepreneur." Fun facts: When she was a child, Austin always knew she had a little bit of Oprah in her. Company: Texts From Last Night and Findings, Title: Co-founder of Texts From Last Night, General Manager at Findings. Fun facts: Other than running the very successful Mashable, Cashmore is known for supporting social and digital platforms for a cause. She traveled with us on a memorable trip to Northern Ethiopia in February of 2012-- and has been a close friend ever since then. Fun facts: Hsieh recently invested $350 million of his own money into revitalizing downtown Las Vegas, where Zappos will be moving this year. She also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science, Operations Research from MIT. Fun fact: Before launching The Muse, Minshew worked with the Clinton Health Access Initiative to introduce vaccines in Rwanda and Malawi. Times Internet Limited. The CEO of Brew is Dena Cook. Talk to me about tech, pop culture, cheese or dogs. He also went to high school with Mark Zuckerberg. Fun fact: He types on a Dvorak computer keyboard instead of a standard QWERTY keyboard to optimize his typing speed. Fun facts: The creator of Twitter owns a gorgeous $10 million home in San Francisco, but fantasizes about living on a houseboat.
On his 23rd birthday, for example, he used social media to help raise money to build freshwater wells in Africa. Fun facts: Sarah Lane most recently dated CrunchFund partner MG Siegler, and before that, she dated Digg founder Kevin Rose. Water is happiness, and water is life. Her recent birthday campaign, in honor of her parents, who she lost when she was sixteen, shattered expectations. He's also addicted to caffeine and afraid of geese, according to his Google+ profile. Brooke used her 38th birthday to raise $57,927 for clean water projects. Fun fact: Before Cohler came on board to Facebook as employee number seven, he wanted to be a saxophonist, according to The New York Times.
It started off as a side project while he was working as a computer programmer at TiVo. She's also a graduate of Silicon Valley's top startup accelerator Y Combinator.