Brian North was what my old definition definition of an entrepreneur was before this class. He built a business, which was selling custom made web sites for clients. His company has also began expanding into mobile sites, and a few mobile apps. Compared to Erik Hanberg, where his business of selling books and developing web sites was just getting started, Brian's business seems to be at the place where most businesses would want to be. I had not heard about his company, SiteCrafting, before his visit, so it was really interesting hearing from a small company. I came to the conclusion that building websites is still quite sought after. I figured by now, most websites would be something generated kind of like how this blog was. Anyway, what seemed to stick to me when he was presenting was their culture. He really portrayed that him and his coworkers were really close, with small events such as that brain storming one, and the retreat. I thought that was really cool. He didn't speak much about his whole start-up with the business, but he spoke a lot about how his company is today.
Overall I really liked how different Erik's and Brian's focuses were. Erik seemed to want only him and his wife in the company, which allowed them to be more free whereas Brian's company is still quite small, but considerably bigger than Erik's with a couple of offices in Washington. I'd wager our next guest speaker would be someone who has an even more successful business than Brian North.
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