How Lyndon Rive and SolarCity are changing the energy industry, one solar system at a time
NCA Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Services Award recipient Lyndon Rive CEO and co-founder SolarCity SolarCity, with Lyndon Rive at the lead as CEO and co-founder, is positioning itself to transform the energy industry, including going through an IPO in December 2012. Unlike traditional utility companies with little competition as the […]
How Scott Law founded Zotec to provide a simpler way to handle medical billing
Health Care FINALIST T. Scott Law saw the trends developing as medical billing continued to get more and more complicated. Thinking there had to be a better way he set out to improve the medical delivery process for medical practices by founding Zotec Partners in 1998 as a solution. Now, insurance submissions and rejection appeals, […]
How Jim Beck got Nature’s Best back on track to serve its target audience
Family Business Category Finalist All was not well at Nature’s Best in 2005 when Jim Beck stepped into the role of CEO. The company’s CEO had stepped down from the family run business because of a clash with the owner, who happened to be his mother, about the future of the business. Operations had become […]
How Yuval Brisker and TOA Technologies are solving the problem of wasting time
NEO Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Technology Finalist Yuval Brisker co-founder, president and CEO TOA Technologies It was in 2003 when Yuval Brisker co-founded TOA Technologies and began to deliver what would be a world-class software, ETAdirect, a cloud-based field service and customer experience management solution. Brisker and TOA co-founder Irad […]
How Loren Bendele got his dream of running a business with Savings.com — and an office dog, too
Financial Services FINALIST Loren Bendele has been an entrepreneur from the day he started selling Blow Pops out of his backpack at school. His mother and father owned a popcorn and yogurt shop, and Bendele would buy the Pops wholesale to sell to fellow students. It was a profitable venture until he was asked to […]
How Moctesuma Esparza built a business he could be proud of with Maya Cinemas North America
Media WINNER If you saw a movie script that detailed the life of Moctesuma Esparza, you would never believe that it was historically accurate. Esparza was a leading activist and organizer in the Chicano movement of the 1960s, fighting for civil rights and equality for Mexican-Americans. His involvement left him at one point indicted and […]
How Burton Goldfield pushed TriNet’s team to have bigger goals of changing the world
NCA Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Services Finalist Burton Goldfield President and CEO TriNet Burton Goldfield is more excited than most to go to work. As president and CEO of TriNet, his company cultivates HR partnerships that enable entrepreneurs to solve many of the world’s most challenging problems. From a CEO […]
How TradeWind Energy executives are innovating the renewable energy industry
STL Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist Rob Freeman CEO TradeWind Energy, Inc. Matt Gilhousen chief development officer TradeWind Energy, Inc. Geoff Coventry COO TradeWind Energy, Inc. What do a technology entrepreneur, a musician turned engineer and a corporate attorney have in common? They lead TradeWind Energy, Inc., one […]
How Gary Schuster saved metal parts supplier OMCO from a steep decline in business
NEO Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Distribution and Manufacturing Winner Gary Schuster president and CEO OMCO In 2006, Gary Schuster accepted an offer to take over as the president and CEO of OMCO, a supplier of custom metal parts made using a roll forming technique. He joined OMCO at a difficult […]
How Mark Ellis continues to grow LINN Energy’s portfolio of long-life oil and natural gas assets
Exploration & Production AWARD RECIPIENT Mark Ellis President and CEO LINN Energy, LLC As the president and CEO of LINN Energy LLC, an upstream exploration and production company, Mark Ellis demonstrates innovation in a unique business model, and his steadfast commitment to a strategy differentiates LINN from any other competitor in his industry. Ellis’ guidance […]