Taylor Mingos

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Taylor Mingos leads the day-to-day operations of Shoeboxed and drives its strategic vision.

In 2006, he helped grow studiVZ.net, an apartment-based start-up in Berlin, into a major European Internet presence. The social network now has more page impressions than any other website in Germany and was acquired by Holtzbrink GmbH in January 2007. He has previously owned a video production company and launched other online social networks.

Taylor graduated cum laude from Duke University with a triple major in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and German.

Interview with Taylor Mingos

RISE Episode #141

How the Founder of Shoeboxed.com Created One of the Hottest Tools On the Web For Entrepreneurs

Click Here If You Prefer Audio Only When I first heard about what Shoeboxed.com does, I had the same reaction I bet a lot of people have: Awesome idea. Why didn’t I think of that? (hah!) Today’s interview is with Taylor Mingos who did think of that and has created one of the hottest web tools for entrepreneurs. In this “tell all” interview with Taylor, he lets us all in on how he has built Shoeboxed.com to date, including: Why he decided to start the company. What he did first to get it going. Did he have to raise outside money or was Shoeboxed bootstrapped? How Shoeboxed created partnerships with other web apps such as FreshBooks and Bill.com. The keys to marketing and promoting Shoeboxed, including press in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch. …plus mistakes made, lessons learned, advice, and much more. As always, would love to hear your thoughts, takeaways, and ideas sparked for your business from this interview (that is the whole point of RISE…learn from awesome, interesting, and creative entrepreneurs!). Connect With Taylor & Shoeboxed: Try Shoeboxed For FREE (on us). On Twitter This Episode Is EVER So Proudly Sponsored By: On The Run Mobil Head over to On The Run’s website to sign up for the home team and get special deals on things like food and gas right to your email. Sweet. Oh, and they wanted me to tell you about $4 Rain X Wash Mondays…only $2 after a Rams win… Read More

  
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