Rona Borre is the founder and CEO of Instant Technology, an IT staffing and recruiting firm. After running a $30 million book of business at a global recruiting firm, Rona left to start Instant Technology with the goal of adding a personal touch to the staffing industry.

In the video below from our March Chicago event about founding teams, Rona shares her stories and experiences building Instant Technology as a sole founder.

Mike Evans is the co-founder of GrubHub, a website and mobile app that lets you discover and order from all the restaurants around you that deliver.

In the video below from our March Chicago event about founding teams, Mike shares his stories and experiences building GrubHub with his co-founder Matt Maloney.  In his presentation, Mike explains the benefits of a co-founder, why he swears by having two co-founders, and more!

Shawn Riegsecker is the founder of Centro, a digital media firm focused on developing software to improve relationships and efficiencies between buyers and sellers in the advertising industry.

In the video below from our January Chicago event about scaling startups, Shawn shares some heartfelt stories from his experience building Centro, the importance of culture along the way, and why he’s such a strong believer in hiring slowly and firing quickly.

Jason Fried is the co-founder of 37signals, a company that develops popular collaboration software.  Ove the past decade, the company has grown their sales and the number of people on their team, all while bootstrapping and keeping things the way they like them.

In the video below from our January “Scaling Startups” event, Jason shares some advice from his experience building 37signals and answers the audience’s questions about scaling startups.

Talia Mashiach is the founder of Eved, a company she launched in 2010 to lead the transformation of the $263B meeting and event industry from a manual, highly fragmented and traditional services sector into a comprehensive online marketplace.

In the video below from our January “Scaling Startups” event in Chicago, Talia shares the story of how she scaled Eved into the number 188 company on Inc. Magazine’s 27th annual Inc. 500 list.

Tyler Prochnow is the co-founder of Think Big Partners, an early stage business incubator in Kansas City, MO.

In this video from our November Kansas City event about finding customers, Tyler shares some stories from his days owning the Kansas City arena football team and his advice on finding customers.

Bo Fishback is the co-founder and CEO of Zaarly. Previously, he was the Vice President of Entrepreneurship for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

In the video below from our November Kansas City event about finding customers, Bo shares some stories and ideas about how Zaarly has handled customer acquisition during their fast growth as a company.

Ed Scanlan is the founder of Total Attorneys, a company that provides web based solutions for law firms. Total Attorneys was #4 on Crain’s Chicago Business Fast Fifty 2010 list.

The company is also known for its culture, which in the past has encompassed a mini golf course where each hole was designed by a team of employees, an Oregon Trail tournament played on old school Apple computers, and a company wide talent show.

In the video below from our October Chicago event about building awesome company culture, Ed shares some stories from the culture of Total Attorneys and why he believes great company culture is so important.

Kevin Willer is the co-founder of the Google Chicago office. Kevin helped continue the great Google culture in the new Chicago office over the span of a decade.

In this video presentation from our October Chicago event about building awesome company culture, Kevin shares his stories from his days building the Google Chicago office.

Amanda Lannert is the CEO of The Jellyvision Lab, the company who created the popular ’90s computer game You Don’t Know Jack.

In this video presenation from our October Chicago event about building awesome company culture, Amanda shares her some great stories from The Jellyvision Lab about the exciting culture they’ve built, including cheering for the UPS guy.