Amazing Founder Stories

Betsy Saul did not set out to make money. She couldn't see bad things happen to Pets. She started as a service to help pets and it grew into a business and produced millions as a side benefit. Here is who she did it.

We all heard about internet unicorns --the billion dollar-- valuation companies. but can that be done with a non-internet business that too with a simple Yogurt business. Hamdi Ulukaya an immigrant proved it can be done and became a billionaire. Here is how he did it...

Can you start a business without knowing anything about the business and still make millions. Most people will say No, but Bob MacLeod  and Steve Byckiewicz  proved that it can be done.  They just started and learnt along the way. Let us find out who they did it.. Pretty interesting

Can a movie watching hobby be turned into a serious business that too a multimillion dollar business. Col Needham did this with one of the world’s top entertainment website IMDB.com and sold to Amazon. Let us check out how he did it.

Can an insane idea of selling mismatched socks succeed?. Who would want to wear them.. right? Wrong..,Jonah Staw proved it will succeed by building LittleMissMatched and generating multiple millions. Let us see how he did it.

While there are already big players in the shoe business, Can someone come with a new idea for shoes and succeed and also  make tons of money. Mario Polegato did it with Geox and made it a billion dollar company. with a  weird idea —having holes in shoes— Let us check out how he did it..

Can you build a high trafficked blog with your passion and also make money. Graham Hill did it with TreeHugger.com and sold for $10 million. Here is how he did it.

Can a person born to Chinese immigrants who was broke and no job, build a 100million-plus business with his passion for music. Check out how Monster Audio's Noel Lee did it.

Robert Stephens started Geek Squad with just himself and $200 investment. He did some fascinating marketing without any money. and he grew  to thousands of employees and sold Geek Squad to Best buy for Millions. How did he do it. Let us check out.

Maxine had a good job with pretty good money. Years passed by  and she felt a void in her heart. She wanted to do something which she loved and leave her mark in this world. Find out how she quit her job, started her passion business called build-a-bear and became Rich(multi-millionaire) and happy in the process.

Two Friends were stressed out by their Lawyer Jobs and wanted to do something which they loved and they loved Restaurants.  They did not know anything about restaurants. but how did they succeed?  Check out the founders story of California Pizza Kitchen(CPK)