Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer Findaway World
105 People, 54 Hours, 39 Pitches & 7 New Startups. Cleveland Startup Weekend raised more money in sponsorship than any other previous Startup Weekend. Entrepreneurs & developers worked on many exciting new startups. Thanks to everyone for participating!
The mindset is the most important aspect of entrepreneurship. It's the underlying set of beliefs that drive the behavior that enables entrepreneurs to succeed. It's also the most widely misunderstood and often overlooked. In this course we'll draw from the knowledge and experience from a wide variety of successful entrepreneurs who will share their perspective and provide insight into the mindset that enabled them to succeed.
Lisa Bargmann, VP of Strategic Development at Invacare HCS talks about her own personal experience with starting her business and the hard work it takes.
Command Fire Apparatus founder Glenn Usdin explains the difference between his entrepreneurial business and the corporate environment he was exposed to once he sold it to a larger company.
John Osher, serial entrepreneur and inventor of the SpinBrush, describes the three words that are what he calls "the essence of entrepreneurial success".
Nineteen year old Jesse Srpan, founder of Raw Iron Choppers, talks about how an early setback strengthened his resolve to succeed.
Mal Mixon is Chairman of the Board & CEO of Invacare, a $1.8B business he bought through leveraging $10k of his personal savings. He talks about his early beginnings and how he came to the realization that owning and running his own business suited him more than a corporate job.
Blake Squires, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Playaway took his idea to production in 13 months. He discusses the value in growing your network and also maintaining those relationships.
While still in high school, Michael Furdyk sold his website for more than a million dollars. Today, he is the Co-Founder of TakingITGlobal , an online community engaging hundreds of thousands of youth in over 200 countries, talks about the importance of embracing failure.