Aditi Mishra is the founder of an e-commerce platform to transact all things made by hand. HandMadeSelling.com essentially provides a cool platform for craftsmen to sell or buy. They ship products across the globe. Aditi has a passion for customized gifts and that exactely what inspired her to start this venture. Interviewed by Stephen M. Thompson, Ph.D. Welcome to [...]
Sahil Lavingia is the founder and CEO of Gumroad.com, a sensational online portal that democratizes the ability to sell stuff online with no setup or withdrawal fees. It innovatively connects you to your existing network. Sahil’s success cannot be just boxed as “inspirational”. When he was 19, a computer science student, he dropped off the [...]
Hammal Mansoor Albulushi is a graphic designer and an upcoming entrepreneur. He has been in the web business for the last seven years. His creative feat in website initiatives has been sprinkled on numerous projects as a freelancer as well as on organizational levels. He has worked for some of the well known organizations in the US [...]
Nikhil Arora is an “innovative mushroom farmer”. He along with Alejandro Velez founded “Back to the Roots” during their last semester at UC Berkeley in 2009. Two months away from graduation, and heading into the corporate world of investment banking & consulting, they came across the idea during a class lecture of being able to [...]
Angie Penberthy is a multi-talented entrepreneur disguised in a hockey mom mood. She is the owner of ThatChocolateLady.com, an independent DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES™ chocolatier. Angie basically turned her passion for chocolate into a lucrative business. Believe me she can bring more joy and chocolate into your life! So do you love chocolates? By now you should [...]
Conor and Stacey VanBuskirk are the owners of Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Company in St. Peters, St. Charles, and Florissant; an award-winning 2nd generation chocolate company. Prior, Conor spent years training with the finest candy makers. Some of the recipes used today were passed down from candy maker to candy maker dating back to 1904. At the heart [...]
Danni Eickenhorst is the founder and editor of The Author’s Emporium. She is a well know PR consultant is the St. Louis region. Her specialties are business writing and media consultation. Danni does public speaking, on-camera interviews, teaching other PR professionals and private companies’ “disaster preparedness” from a communications perspective. She served as the Public [...]
John Clopton, a St. Louis based entrepreneur, is the creator of Frostbite Gourmet Ice Cream, specializing in making old-fashioned style, gourmet ice cream. Interestingly John uses a wooden churn, ice and rock salt to make his ice cream. It seems, on average each batch of ice cream takes about two days to make. Their ice [...]