Like so many other successful entrepreneurs, Evan Williams dropped out of college to pursue a career in the world of technology, working for companies like O’Reilly Media, HP, and Intel. In 1999, he co-founded his first small business—Pyra Labs—to make…
Kevin Plank, like so many successful entrepreneurs, saw a problem and began tinkering with ideas that would solve it. He hated how the cotton t-shirts he wore under his pads as a football player at the University of Maryland would…
If you haven’t heard of Tim Ferriss, it’s not for a lack of his trying. Ferriss is a successful entrepreneur who has shared his strategies for success on his blog, and in several best sellers, including The Four Hour Work…
Yvon Chouinard is well known in the worlds of rock climbing and environmentalism, but almost unknown as a savvy and successful businessman (despite being both). In the early 1970’s, Chouinard learned the art of black smithing in order to design…
Phil Knight discovered he was an entrepreneur while sitting in a small business class at Stanford School of Business. “That class was an ‘aha!’ moment,” he said. “[the professor] defined the type of person who was an entrepreneur—and I realized…
Bill Bernbach was undoubtedly one of the most important thinkers in the history of advertising. His influence on modern advertising is impossible to measure. He was one of the original Mad Men. Bernbach launched his career just as the Great…
Steve Case is well known as the man who grew America Online from an online services company, linking gamers using Commodore 64 computers into one of the foremost Internet media companies in the world, culminating with its acquisition of TimeWarner. The…
Two weeks ago we shared ten quotes from logo design guru Saul Bass. This week we turn to another well-known branding legend for inspiration—Walter Landor. Like many other small business owners, Mr. Landor and his wife launched their design business…
Although you certainly recognize many of the logos he designed, you may not recognize the name behind the icons. Saul Bass holds a prominent place among the logo designers of his generation, thanks to the logos he created for Bell…
The U.S. Presidential election is right around the corner. So this week, we thought we’d turn to a former presidential candidate who is perhaps better known for his entrepreneurial success than for his politics—Ross Perot. Mr. Perot was an over…