EpicLaunch

Exactly two months ago I was in the midst of Silicon Valley immersed in the buzzing startup scene. Today I’m on the other side of the world in Israel, a country the size of New Jersey, where there happens to be one of the most successful startup scenes in the world.

Today we’re presenting an interview with Ryan Holmes, founder of HootSuite. Check out his Crunchbase profile to see all of his impressive achievements.

Small businesses may feel a bit out of the loop with all of the recent big business hype over the upcoming sales holidays; however, there’s a lot for small business owners and entrepreneurs to learn about marketing and sales efficiency by analyzing the way big retailers approach both Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Today we’re presenting an interview with Jake Nickell, Founder of Threadless. Jake studied Multimedia & Web Design at the Illinois Institute of Art and founded Threadless in 2000. Today, he lives in Chicago, IL with his wife and two children.