For this edition of Do What You Love — a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind startups and small businesses — we sat down with Jeffrey Blum, the creative director and founder of We Make Something (previously Welkome Agency.) Here’s what Blum shared: I was born in Switzerland and my mother’s American; she’s from New York. […]

Better Future started with a trip to Gambia. Founder Dave Jongeneelen visited the country’s leaders, who valued his background in business development. At the end of his trip, Better Future was born. The company offers strategy and leadership consultants for corporations, microfinance institutions, and social entrepreneurs all over the world. He then brought on like-minded people who […]

For this edition of Do What You Love — a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies — we sat down with Kaiyi Chu, the founder of Votopin. Here’s what he shared: I quit my job last October [2012]. We launched the product at the end of [this past] October. I was a marketing manager […]

Do What You Love is a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. In this edition, we sat down with Kevin McLaughlin, Principal at Resound Marketing. Here’s what he shared: The big turning point in my life started with some personal unrest. I thought I wanted to be a business consultant or a banker. […]

We sat down with Danielle Weingarden, the founder of DIW Accounting, for Do What You Love — a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. Here’s what she shared: My family had a firm. My grandfather was a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and an attorney. There was a firm that his father had started, and when my grandfather […]

Do What You Love is a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. In this edition, we sat down with Pierre Dorsaz, senior project manager at Swissnex Boston. Here’s what he shared: I consider myself very lucky to be born in Switzerland. It’s the size of Massachusetts but surrounded by many countries, so it’s […]

Do What You Love is a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. In this edition, we sat down with Maria Ramos, co-founder of digital design and marketing agency, Defined Creative. Here’s what she shared: I’m originally from the Dominican Republic. I did all my schooling there;  I went to college there as well. I […]

Do What You Love is a series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. In this edition, we sat down with Marc Elias, Owner and Canine Executive Officer at Pooch Pals. Here’s what he shared: You can have it all in your life. You can have a job that you love that isn’t like work. […]