Michael P. Connors
Chairman and CEOISG
The Mistake: In the latter half of the ’90s, "internet fever" was a full-blown phenomenon. Every business with a stake in the game was rushing to lay...
If I Knew Then...
Even born leaders have learning curves. In this feature, local insiders share their wisdom and talk about mistakes that shaped their business philosophy.
Seth Goldman
Co-founder and TeaEO EmeritusHonest Tea
The Mistake: For Honest Tea the mistake was pretty clearly our decision to become a part owner of a bottling plant. We’d been building the Honest...
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Michael Fox
Global Vice President of Product Management
Global KnowledgeThe Mistake: Defining success in the wrong terms. After reviewing a 32-year career, I’ve realized we all make a lot of mistakes. One mistake early in...
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Ben Berkowitz
CEO and founder
SeeClickFix Inc.The Mistake: In March 2010, after I was interviewed on NPR by Melissa Block for "All Things Considered," SeeClickFix was exposed to a much larger...
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Ernie Garcia
Founder and CEO
CarvanaThe Mistake: Before launching Carvana, I founded a startup several years ago called Looterang. This was the heyday of deal sites like Groupon and...
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Steven Voudouris
CEO and Co-founder
Turn5The Mistake: I don’t think we were overly effective early on in investing in our talent as much as we could have. [My brother] Andrew and I founded...
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Sid Banerjee
Founder and vice chairman
ClarabridgeThe Mistake: As we grew, we ended up realizing that we were not only competing with other vendors, but we were competing with our own partners. When...
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Desiree Peterkin Bell
CEO
DPBell & AssociatesThe Mistake: Thinking that people, particularly those in politics, are all driven by purpose and making an impact. When I was younger, I wanted to be...
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Danny Robinson
Founder and CEO
Hoop TeaThe Mistake: My No. 1 mistake started before I started the concept of Hoop Tea. I’ve owned restaurants and bars for 15 years, and without correcting...
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Phil Bruno
Founder and president
Treat 'Em RightThe Mistake: My mistake was not recognizing red flags from situations where you just don't fit or your product doesn't fit the client’s culture or...
