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Many entrepreneurs get their start following in the footsteps of their parents. For Toronto entrepreneur Catherine Graham, the apple could not have fallen further from the tree. Read More

Not everyone who wears the title entrepreneur sets out down that path early in life. For Stack Overflow founder Jeff Atwood, building a business was just a means to an end. Read More

Angelo Sotira wore many hats before he started the popular artist community deviantART. Read More

BuySellAds founder Todd Garland had a lemonade stand as a child, but that didn’t necessarily make him want to be an entrepreneur. “Let’s be honest, we all had a lemonade stand or two back in the day,” said Garland in interview. Read More

Forrester started WooThemes in 2007 as a source for developers building on the WordPress platform to purchase and find support for premium themes. The site has expanded to include “App themes,” which both change the visual layout of WordPress, and add functionality. Read More

Ljung said that SoundCloud came out of a need he saw for audio creators. “SoundCloud was born out of the frustrations that there were no tools available at the time for creators, so we decided to change that." Read More

Ben Congleton considers himself a Taoist more than an entrepreneur. He didn’t set out to start a company – it just sort of happened. “I was just an entrepreneur. I like to make ideas real. In elementary school I sold pencils,” said Congleton in an interview. Read More

oldfish and video production don’t necessarily have much in common, but for Common Craft founder Lee LeFever, one would end up being a huge inspiration for the other. Read More

For Forrst founder Kyle Bragger, entrepreneurship was just the next step in a long history of building things. “I was always eager to get hands-on with stuff, whether that was Lego, bowling, playing drums, or eventually, programming,” said Bragger in an interview. Read More

Some entrepreneurs wait until university to flesh out their programming careers. Others start hacking away in high school, and hit the ground running when they start their post-secondary education. For OnSwipe founder Jason Baptiste, his obsession with technology began slightly earlier. Read More