“The beauty of entertainment is that you’re helping people have fun during their day.” – Sheila Marikar, ABCNews.com
How this entrepreneur started out selling on eBay, founded a Mashable-rated career site, and raised $1M to start a merchant loyalty company
“Investors want to rush in and invest when you position their fear and greed together: their greed to make a billion dollars and their fear of losing the deal.” – Yu-Kai Chou, RewardMe
How a lawyer and Peace Corps volunteer started a China-focused media company followed by thousands (eventually acquired by the Washington Post)
“In any career transition, what you are gaining potentially in the future is never going to feel as concrete as what you’re giving up now.” – David Wertime, Tea Leaf Nation
How an accounting major got into the tech industry and landed jobs at Yahoo!, Google, and Stanford Social Data Lab
“Think hard about what you enjoy and don’t enjoy, and be careful when taking on things you don’t enjoy, because those are much clearer than what you do enjoy.” – John Milinovich, Google