Founder Stories

The founder and CEO of Usermind talks about imposter syndrome, gender bias in tech and why the best decisions are the ones she made when she was afraid.

Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler, Co-Founders of SoulCycle, share how they took their business plan scrawled out on a napkin and scaled it into a spinning phenomenon that is sweeping the nation—one stationary bike at a time.

Pascal Finette grows startups tackling the world’s most intractable problems leveraging exponential technologies. Here he shares insight beyond entrepreneurship including the current GMO debate, spoiled vaccines, and clean drinking water.

Naveen Jain is an entrepreneur and philanthropist driven to solve the world’s biggest challenges through innovation. He is the founder of several successful companies and here he talks about the moon, the education system, the health industry, and more.

Blake Mycoskie shares the "why" behind TOMS, what he learned by growing too quickly, and other details around his ideas and experiences as a social entrepreneur.

The billionaire co-founder of Facebook and Asana reflects on his journey — from Harvard, shares why he decided to leave Facebook and the #1 mistake he's made on his entrepreneurial journey.