entrepreneur24 results found
An entrepreneur (a loanword from French) is an individual who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.
Alexis Ohanian
known for co-founding the social news website Reddit
Jared Schutz Polis
is the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2009
Luis von Ahn, PhD
known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009.
Rob Dyrdek
is best known for his roles in the reality shows Rob and Big, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness
Rick Falkvinge
is a Swedish IT entrepreneur known as the founder and first party leader of the Swedish Pirate Party. He is currently a political evangelist with the party, spreading the ideas across the world.
James Altucher
is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, and bestselling author. He has founded or cofounded over 20 companies, including Reset Inc. and StockPickr and claims to have failed at 17 of them.
Salman Amin Khan
is a Bengali-American educator and the founder of the Khan Academy, a free online education platform and nonprofit organization.
Léo Gordon Laporte
is an Emmy Award winning American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur
Lori Greiner
is an American inventor and entrepreneur from Chicago, Illinois.
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I went on Shark Tank, accidentally counter-offered Mark Cuban $50K LESS than he offered me, and am fixing the broken textbook industry with my startup. AMA!!
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I got laid off 2 years ago and was forced into starting my own company. Reddit saved my life. I am Ryan Hudson, founder of Honey. AMA
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Hi Reddit. I'm Jan Scruggs; Vietnam vet and founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. 34 years ago, I wrote a check for $2,800 to launch the effort to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. AMA.
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I've been traveling around the world for 3 years non-stop while running my online business, which is my sole source of income. Ask me anything!
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IamA founder of Tindie, "Etsy for Tech". Started on /r/Arduino, team of 5, just finished fundraising (pitching 50+ investors), and have now closed $1m+ in funding. This is a follow up to last year's AMA, for anyone interested in startups/tech/Sili...
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I am Max Valverde, I'm going on SHARK TANK tonight to try to give the Sharks... Morninghead. AMAA
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IAmA founder of Tindie.com, 'etsy for tech', that started as question on /r/Arduino in April, led me to quit my job in Sept, and just closed $500k in funding. AMA
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Kevin Rose
is a former American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. He also served as production assistant and co-host at TechTV's The Screen Savers. As of 2012, he is a venture partner at Google Ventures.
Andy Gavin
he is notable for co-founding the video game company Naughty Dog
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I Am A BBC 2 Dragons' Den "winner" - AMA!
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I am a person who quit their 9-5 job to follow my dream of owning an aquarium store. AMA! (xpost r/aquariums)
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I AMA 15 year old girl who has created her own small scale sewing business independently. AMA
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I am the very first contestant and winner from ABC's Shark Tank - Mr. Tod from Mr. Tod's Pie Factory - AMA!
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15 months ago, I left my job to work full-time on a startup I founded. Today my business (PriceBlink.com) was featured on the Today Show. AMAA.
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I'm a college student who paid my entire 4-year tuition in less than a year with a dorm business. AMA!
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