Posts Tagged “Startup”
Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Michael Anderson
By Devesh Dwivedi
Greetings all! It’s been a while since I posted a new story in ‘Our Heroes‘ series so here’s our spicy come back… Today I’ve Michael Anderson, Chief Spice Creative & Founder of SpiceCrafters who broke out of his 9to5 jail where he was a Quality Assurance Engineer. Not happy with what he was doing, Michael tried his luck with multiple ideas before finally launching SpiceCrafters. Let’s find out rest of the spicy details:
DD: Who are you and what kind of corporate job were you at?
MA: My name is Michael Anderson. I went to college like any other person looking for what my future held and had no idea. Not being one for prolonged college I asked myself what the most money I could make with the least amount of college. In 1998 the bull’s eye landed on Computer Information. I graduated, interned and enjoyed a successful career as Quality Assurance Engineer. After I realized I was simply trading time for money and living for the weekend I knew I had to find...
Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Shelly Sun
By Devesh Dwivedi
Today we are talking to Shelly Sun our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Former VP of Finance at Avolar, decided to start a business when she painfully saw the need for it firsthand. Compelled by the loss of a loved one for lack of dependable, supportive, and complete care, Shelly founded BrightStar as a family business in 2002. With 130 locations in US and International expansion in the works, BrightStar is an established elder care, child care and medical staffing provider today. Let’s dig deeper in her story…...
Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Niko Pipaloff
By Devesh Dwivedi
Happy 4th of July everyone! July 4th is the Independence Day for America but we celebrate independence everyday an employee breaks the 9to5 jail and declares his/her independence. We feature those freedom fighters here as “Our Heroes” and today’s guest under that series is – Niko Pipaloff. A Management Consultant by profession, Niko recently broke the 9to5 jail after winning the StartupWeekendNYC last month (June’11) and is enjoying the cheers and challenges of his startup – Tagify.us Let’s congratulate Niko on his new found freedom and talk to him to find out more…...
Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Julie Braun
By Devesh Dwivedi
Next “Our Heroes” guest is Julie Braun, the proud half of the SuperIntern duo! Former VP of Marketing & Creative Service for a large corporate was ‘let go’ along with many of her colleagues which is when Julie took time off to reflect on her career and life. Let’s talk to Julie and find out how this ‘creative’ type charted her own path to success…...
Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Bibby Gignilliat
By Devesh Dwivedi
Our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series is Bibby Gignilliat, a former marketing manager, now Founder & CEO of Parties That Cook, the business where she bring people together with the universal language of food. let’s talk to Bibby and find out how it all happened…...
