At Under30CEO we think big. We recently published a list of our Top 40 Most Motivational People on the web and things got a little nuts. The article created incredible buzz all over the web and inspired us to create a list of successful entrepreneurs. So we fired up our audience to go out and make something happen.
As young entrepreneurs it’s important that we keep swinging for the fences (a great guide for that is the book Rich20Something which teaches millennials how to start businesses in the 21st century). Super successful investors like Ron Conway say they’d rather invest in an 18 year old Mark Zuckerberg than a 31 year old seasoned entrepreneur because the young Sean Parker types truly think the sky is the limit. At Under30CEO we’re going to carry that mentality into the interviews that we conduct on the site.
The list below is the most incredible people to learn from as entrepreneurs and we intend to interview them all…somehow.
Introducing Our Top Successful Entrepreneurs
You can learn from them and their best interviews from around the web.
1.) Bill Gates— Founder of Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates sit down at the All Things Digital Conference.
2.) Larry Ellison–Founder of Oracle
Oracle founder on Achivement.org
3.) Oprah Winfrey–Media Entrepreneur
Larry King Interviews Oprah on The Secret.
4.) Tony Robbins–Peak Performance Coach and Entrepreneur
Tony Robbins’ TED Talk “Why we do what we do and how we can do it better”
5.) Richard Branson–Billionaire founder of Virgin
15 Small Business Lessons with Branson at Open Forum
6.) Ted Turner–Media Entrepreneur
Interviewed by Mashable’s Pete Cashmore at the UN
7.) Jeff Bezos–Founder of Amazon.com
Wired’s Chris Anderson Interviews Bezos
8.) Sergey Brin and Larry Page–Google Founders
Ted Talk on Google
9.) Ron Conway–Venture Capitalist
Hour long interview with Ron Conway at Stanford Business School
10.) Marc Andreessen–Software Entrepreneur
”We’re not in a bubble” at the Wall Street Journal
11.) Paul Graham–Founder of Y-Combinator
How Y Combinator Helped 172 Startups Take Off
12.) Tony Hsieh–Founder of Zappos
Under30CEO talks about company culture with Tony Hsieh.
13.) Steve Wozniak–Founder of Apple
Founders at Work with Woz
14.) Phil Knight–Founder of Nike
Exclusive Interview by Oprah on Nike
15.) Howard Schultz–Founder of Starbucks
The Harvard Business Review Interviews Starbucks Founder
16.) Carl Icahn–Billionaire Investor
Ichan’s Drexel University Commencement Speech
17.) Pierre Omidyar–Founder of Ebay
The Guardian does a rare interview with Omidyar
18.) Ralph Lauren–Fashion Entrepreneur
Oprah interviews RL
19.) Charles Schwab–Investor
Money Magazine talks investing with Schwab
20.) Reid Hoffman–Founder of LinkedIn
Billionaire Founder gives 5 tips to startups on WSJ
21.) Steve Case–Founder of AOL
Talks Job Creation via Startup America on CNBC
22.) John Doerr–Billionaire Venture Capitalist
Mark Zuckerberg with John Doerr
23.) Wayne Huizenga–Founder of Blockbuster, Waste Management and Pro Sports team owner
Talks on CNBC about the Art of the Deal
24.) Herb Kelleher–Founder of Southwest Airlines
Has a series of interviews on I am CNBC
25.) Diddy–Hip Hop Entrepreneur
ABC News calls Diddy the Modern Mogul
26.) Fred Wilson–Venture Capitalist
Chris Dixon interviews Fred Wilson
27.) David Cohen–Founder of Techstars
ReadWriteWeb interviews Techstars founder
28.) Chris Dixon–Venture Capitalist
Here is an in depth interview with Chris Dixon Mixergy
29.) Gary Vaynerchuk–Media/Wine Entrepreneur
Jason Calacanis interviews Gary in one of the best This Week in Startups ever.
30.) Jason Calacanis–Internet Entrepreneur and Investor
Jason Calacanis gets interviewed on This Week in Startups
31.) Jason Fried–Internet Entrepreneur
Big Think Interviews Jason Fried about ReWork
32.) Dharmesh Shah–Founder of Hubspot
Interviews Dharmesh at SXSW
33.) Mark Suster–Venture Capitalist
Gets interviewed by Jascon Calcanis before he takes over This Week In Venture Capital
34.) Dennis Crowley–Founder of Foursquare
Kevin Rose interviews Dennis Crowley
35.) Pete Cashmore–Founder of Mashable
How Pete Cashmore grew Mashable on Bloomberg TV.
36.) Brad Feld–Venture Capitalist
Vator News asks How to Get Funding
37.) Matt Mullenweg–Founder of WordPress
Inc Magazine features Matt in their greg series “The Way I Work”
38.) Kevin Rose–Founder of Digg.com and Podcaster
Interview at Web2.0 Summit 2011
39.) Eric Ries–Entrepreneur and Author
On Techcrunch: “Don’t Be In A Rush To Get Big, Be In A Rush To Have A Great Product”
40.) Keith Ferrazzi–Author of Never Eat Alone
WSJ asks Keith Ferrazzi “Who’s Got Your Back?”
41.) Gina Trapani–Founder of Lifehacker
Tim Ferriss interviews Lifehacker Gina Trapani
42.) Neil Strauss–Author and Marketer
Speaks in the series: Authors @Google
43.) Daniel Pink–Author and Journalist
CBS Moneywatch asks Daniel “What Really Motivates Workers?”
44.) Ivanka Trump–Entrepreneur
Huffington Post interviews Ivanka in the Trump Tower
45.) Ben Lerer–Founder of Thrillist
Under30CEO interviews the Ben Lerer
46.) Kenneth Cole–Fashion Entrepreneur
Kenneth talks to CNN about the inspirational stories in his book
47.) Lance Armstrong–Founder of Livestrong
Fast Company Interviews Lance Armstrong for the coverstory
48.) Guy Kawasaki–Author and Entrepreneur
Talk at Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner. “Entrepreneurship is for you young people”
49.) Magic Johnson–Entrepreneur and NBA Hall of Famer
Our friend Tiffany Black Interviews Magic Johnson on Inc
50.) Ryan Allis–Founder of iContact
Our friend Maren Kate interviews Ryan on going from Zero to $3.3M
51.) David Karp–Founder of Tumblr
David Karp on TechCrunchTVsays Blogs Don’t Work
52.) Ashton Kutcher–Early Stage Investor
What Ashton Kutcher looks for in tech investments on TechCrunch
53.) Ryan Leslie–Hip Hop Entrepreneur
This Harvard Grad interviewed on Fox Business
54.) Rob Dyrdek–Action Sports Entrepreneur
Inc calls Fantasy Factory America’s Coolest Workspace. Q+A With Dyrdek
55.) MC Hammer–Hip Hop Entrepreneur
Interview at Web2.0 Summit
56.) Chamillionaire–Hip Hop Entrepreneur
Michael Arrington talks social currency with Chamillionaire
57.) Darren Rowse–Blogger
Gideon Shalwick interviews ProBlogger
58.) Gina Bianchini–Founder of Ning
Talks to Techcrunch at the World Economic Forum
59.) Sara Blakely–Founder of Spanx
Talks about Resiliency on Entrepreneur
60.) Wendy Kopp–Founder of Teach for America
Talks about Teach for American on the Colbert Report
61.) Kevin Plank–Founder of Under Armour
How I Did It with Inc Magazine
62.) Anita Roddick–Founder of The Body Shop
Anita tells their entrepreneurial story
63.) Robert Kiyosaki–Entrepreneur and Author
Under30CEO Interviews Robert Kiyosaki
64.) Justine Ezarik–Media Entrepreneur
iJustine on BlogTalkRadio
65.) Barbara Corcoran–Real Estate Entrepreneur
Under30CEO Interviews Barbara Corcoran
66.) Rev Run–Hip Hop Entrepreneur
Huffington Post Interviews Rev Run
67.) Blake Ross–Founder of Mozilla
How to Make Millions
68.) Tim O’ Shaughnessy–Founder of Living Social
Business Insider interviews Living Social founder
69.) Dave Morin–Founder of Path
Interview at Techcrunch Disrupt with Dave Morin
70.) Brian Solis–Marketer
The Rise to the Top Interviews Brian Solis
71.) Robert Scoble–Blogger
Watch Scoble at Stanford Business School
