entrepreneurs

Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Tells Young Entrepreneurs ‘Fail Faster’

by | May 12, 2016

FOUNDER SHARES INSIGHTS FOR SUCCESS WITH DALLAS BUSINESS LEADERS

When Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales set out to bring his idea for a free online encyclopedia to life, there wasn’t a collaborative model to follow.

“We were Web 2.0 before anybody coined the term Web 2.0,” Wales said.

Fifteen years later, Wikipedia contains more than 36 million articles in 288 languages created collectively by volunteers around the world....

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Hispanic
WalletHub Says DFW Cities Among Top 20 For Hispanic Entrepreneurs
by | May 4, 2016
Plano and Grand Prairie were highly ranked in WalletHub's study.
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Dallas Startup Week: Entrepreneurs say Perseverance is Key
by | Apr 12, 2016
Some of DFW's most successful entrepreneurs faced moments of doubt or even failure when starting their companies.
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Entrepreneurs Told to Set Their Businesses Apart at Summit
by | Mar 25, 2016
Cover up all the logos and branding on your company's website and its advertisements. The result should still be a website that’s engaging and, most importantly, different from your competitors, business owners were told Thursday at the Entrepreneur Summit 2016.
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Welcome: The State of Innovation in Dallas-Fort Worth

by | Dec 13, 2015
A collaboration of the Dallas Regional Chamber and D Magazine Partners, Dallas Innovates is an online media platform promoting the region as a hub of innovation.
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Nick-Kennedy
Watch: Nick Kennedy With Rise
by | Dec 10, 2015
Nick Kennedy, co-founder of Rise, talks about what keeps him going as an entrepreneur.
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