Interviews

Face-to-face or virtual interviews captured in video, audio or by written means can be invaluable tools for learning about and understanding how successful people considered and took effective action in their life situations.

Interviews are usually conducted by editors of EIX and follow a straightforward format of questions. However, we encourage any member of the EIX community to make an interview proposal. We want to avoid having an interview conducted and then not accepted by EIX. Accordingly, we ask that interviews go through a proposal step before the interview is conducted, using the EIX interview format.


Marnie Abramson: Caring for the Bottom Line and the Planet

  When Marnie Abramson started her own environmental consulting business, sustainability was not yet on the radar with most companies. In fact, her partners were asked, "Why are you partnering Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Dave Feldman

Mike Dulworth on the Power of Connection

Starting with his first business mowing neighbors' lawns, serial entrepreneur Mike Dulworth relished the freedom of being his own boss.  He also preferred solitary sports such as tennis and Read More...

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Author: Nicholas Vitalari

A Father/Son Sitdown: Howard and Steven Aldrich

More than 20 years ago, Steven Aldrich showed the Mosaic Browser to his father, noted entrepreneurship professor Howard Aldrich.  It was a time when Steven was imagining a future in helping Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Howard E. Aldrich

'Femgineer' Aims to Empower Technology Specialists

  Poornima Vijayashanker is the founder of Femgineer, an educational business that empowers forward-thinking techies of all backgrounds and promotes inclusiveness in the high-tech industry. She Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Matt Younkle Changed Music Collecting

  Matt Younkle's earliest commercial venture -- a product called "TurboTap" that poured beer faster -- almost didn't happen. His first product demo for Anheuser-Busch did not go well. But Read More...

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Author: Jon Eckhardt

Mission in a Bottle: A Discussion with Honest Tea's Seth Goldman

  Seth Goldman, founder and "TEO" of Honest Tea, believes in market-based solutions to social problems.  In this discussion with Dave Feldman, he talks about how he integrates his business Read More...

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Author: Dave Feldman

LegalZoom Co-Founder: Trick Yourself to do the Impossible

  Is it possible to transform a staid and professionally respectable but entrenched legal industry? Yes, particularly when one of your startup founders is a multi-talented serial entrepreneur, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Nicholas Vitalari

The Art of Entrepreneurship, from Toni Sikes of CODAworx

  In her years as an entrepreneur, Toni Sikes has focused on helping artists find people who will pay for their work. Her company, CODAworx, serves as an online community for painters, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

B-School Students Put New Restaurant on the Map

  Despite his economics degree and ownership of several restaurants, Themistocles “Lakis” Vlahoulis, owner of Il Panino Café and Grill in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, faced some struggles Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

RX for Success: Former MinuteClinic CEO Linda Hall Shares her Stories

  In 2002, both Linda Hall and her new company -- which would later become MinuteClinic, a fixture in 1000 CVS stores -- had a lot to lose. Hall was the sole breadwinner in her household and had Read More...

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Authors: Daniel Forbes and Linda Hall