Category: Entrepreneurship

“We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do.” – Samuel Smiles Most of us, no matter what profession we …

“Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.” – Ralph Lauren One day a teacher of …

Dr. K. R. Sridhar is a man of many talents: a true Indian scholar, nuclear physicist, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, innovator, entrepreneur and, a passionate futurist who envisions a self-reliant world. Currently, serving …

Henry Ross Perot, a U.S. businessman, is best known as the founder of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and Perot Systems, the information technology equipment and services providing companies. He also ran for the United States’ …

According to Yoshikazu Tanaka, “success doesn’t necessarily require unique and great ideas; it can be replicated with hardwork and passion.” Yoshikazu Tanaka, a Japanese entrepreneur and coder, is best known for the development of Japan’s …

“Back in 2004, A member of a Japanese Punk band, Yusaku Maezawa envisioned the limitless opportunities in eShopping and thus the journey of Zozotown began.” 36 years old Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese entrepreneur, is best …

Success Story of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh who quit Oracle at the age 23 and founded LinkExchange in 1996. Three years later, he sold it to Microsoft for $265 million. At the age 23, a …

Born: January 16, 1965 Source of Wealth: Ebay, Self-made Net worth: $2.9 billion (as of March 2012) eBay’s first employee, president and billionaire Jeff Skoll is also the founder of the Skoll Foundation, the Skoll …

Popularly known as the Wireless Wonder, the 33 year old Robert Pera is the silicon valley’s newest entrepreneur to join the billionaire club this year. A former Apple engineer turned entrepreneur and founder of Ubiquiti …

San Francisco-based technology company SlideShare is a Web 2.0 based slide hosting website where users can upload files privately as well as publicly in PDF, PowerPoint, or OpenOffice file formats; view slideshows at the site …

According to Yahoo Finance, Michael Lazerow and Kass Lazerow, founders of Buddy Media, are to sell the company to Salesforce for $689 million. The deal includes $467 million in cash, $184 million in the form …

How would you react if your 12 year old son came to you and asked you for some money to start his own business? Your most natural reaction would be like: “Wow! That’s a wonderful …