Alexandra McDaniel : Founder of Kid's Roar: A very amazing Kid

When she was just 9 years old Alexandra McDaniel became the founder and president of Kid’s Roar a company entirely run by kids. The reason Alexandra started the company was because she wanted a horse and her dad told her that if she really wanted one, she’d need to raise the money herself to get it. Kids Roar has five different clubs (Safari Club, Marine Club, Horse Club, Best Friends Club and...

Creating your brand : Advice from the founders of Innocent Drinks

Innocent Drinks is a UK based company founded in 1999 whose primary business is producing smoothies and flavoured spring water, sold in supermarkets, coffee shops and various other outlets nationally as well as in Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland. Innocent has a 71% share of the £169m UK smoothie market and the company sells two million smoothies per...

The Big Idea Episode : QuickSeals.com

QuickSeals (www.quickseals.com), a revolutionary new food baggie storage system that converts nearly any packaged food item into a resealable storage container, keeping snacks and other perishables fresh and preventing costly food waste. Designed for versatility and ease-of-use, the QuickSeals product uses a zip slider top and adhesive strips to form a seal with consumers' favorite food...

The Big Idea Episode: Daymond John Founder of Fubu

Born c. 1969, in Brooklyn, NY; son of Margot John (a flight attendant). CareerFounded FUBU (For Us, by Us), apparel company, 1992--. Life's WorkDaymond John's creative vision helped revolutionize the sportswear industry in the Publish Post1990s. As founder, president and chief executive officer of FUBU--"For Us, By Us"--John created a distinctive line of jerseys, jeans, outerwear, and a host of...

The Big Idea Episode: Jordan Wirsz, Helping People Gain their Millions

The dream of flight gave wings to Jordan Wirsz’s dream of a better life. More often than not, you hear of young millionaires that are heiresses, trust-funders or children that come from privileged backgrounds with elite educational opportunities. What makes this story different is that Jordan Wirsz is none of these. In fact, he’s far from i...

The big Idea Episode: Ryan Allis: Co-founder of iContact

Ryan Allis is a technology and social entrepreneur from Chapel Hill, NC. Ryan has been an entrepreneur since he started Allis Computing at age 11. Today, Ryan is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of iContact, the leading global provider of email marketing services to small and mid-sized businesse...

Kevin Rose: Founder of Digg.com

It was June 26, 4:45 a.m., and Digg founder Kevin Rose was slugging back tea and trying to keep his eyes open as he drove his Volkswagen Golf to Digg's headquarters above the offices of the SF Bay Guardian in Potrero Hill. This was the day Rose would test everything. Two years earlier, Rose had gambled on his idea to change newsgathering, letting the masses "dig up" the most interesting stories on...