The impact of fraud on organizations
James P. Martin, Managing Director, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors LLC
Ravi Kathuria: How your core philosophies must drive decisions and actions at all levels
Core management philosophies are the DNA of a business. Having a crystal-clear set of core management philosophies is pivotal to a company’s growth and sustained success. They have a profound impact on an organization because they help define and describe the business model of the organization. Your company’s philosophies must drive every decision and action […]
Brian Monahan, co-founder & chief idea guy & Matthew Monahan, co-founder and CEO, Inflection
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, AWARD RECIPIENT Brothers Matthew and Brian Monahan knew that their mother wasn’t pleased when they dropped out of their respective universities — University of Southern California and Harvard — to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. But as it turns out, becoming college dropouts was a critical first step toward a bright future in business. With […]
Matt Mullenweg, founder, Automattic
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT, FINALIST Matt Mullenweg summarizes his philosophy of business with a quote from Walt Disney: “We don’t make movies to make money; we make money to make more movies.” Mullenweg, founder of WordPress and Automattic, has applied this to his way of thinking and makes money to provide great open-source software for the […]
Ron Seide: The priority formula
How to drink from a fire hose
Tasso Roumeliotis, founder and CEO, Location Labs
TECHNOLOGY, FINALIST Tasso Roumeliotis was doing just fine helping his parents run their retail shop in Montreal when fate intervened. His father had become blind and now it was up to this 15-year-old boy to support his mother and siblings by taking over the operation of the store. Fortunately for his family, Roumeliotis took this […]
Bill Demas, president and CEO, Turn Inc.
MARKETING SERVICES, FINALIST Bill Demas has a keen eye for identifying new industries and trends and isn’t afraid to take entrepreneurial risks. He joined Turn Inc., his third start-up company, in 2007 and after a year, applied these skills as president and CEO of the Redwood City, Calif.-based company. Demas led Turn’s shift from what […]
Janna Ronert, founder and CEO & Dr. Marc Ronert, president and medical director, Image Skincare
DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING, AWARD RECIPIENT Janna Ronert is a Nebraska-raised farm girl who started her business before she had a passport in a one-bedroom apartment in Houston in 2003. Now, Image Skincare sells cosmoceuticals (cosmetic products with pharmaceutical-grade ingredients) in the United States and more than 30 countries. It has 150 employees and representatives. Ronert’s […]
Hannes Hunschofsky, president, HOERBIGER Corp. of America Inc.
CORPORATE INNOVATOR, FINALIST The HOERBIGER Group is active throughout the world as a leading player in the fields of compression technology, automation technology and drive technology. Hannes Hunschofsky first came to Florida in 1999 to develop the U.S. subsidiary, HOERBIGER Corp. of America Inc. Through his tenure as president, he has led by example, demonstrating […]
Lee Chen, founder and CEO, A10 Networks
TECHNOLOGY, FINALIST Lee Chen is a born leader and entrepreneur, which he has demonstrated throughout his career. He has had a hand in forming three very successful companies — Foundry Networks, Centillion Networks and, most recently, A10 Networks. As the founder and CEO of A10 Networks, Chen is a hard worker who values his team […]