Ryan Holmes
Ryan Holmes
Ryan Holmesis a Canadian computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Hootsuite, a social media management tool for businesses. Holmes began developing Hootsuite in 2008 through his agency Invoke Media...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth30 December 1974
CountryCanada
school kids canada
When I was in high school, I loved paintball. I saved up my allowances and started my own paintball supply company. Everyone thought I was just some obsessed kid, but today the company is one of the biggest paintball suppliers in Canada.
thinking names young-entrepreneurs
I think that Vancouver as well as Canada needs a boot camp for young entrepreneurs. We have already seen tens if not hundreds of people put their names forward to be involved in the program, and we just think this is an amazing way to accelerate what theyre doing.
office-space lucky bigs
HootSuite never had a big launch. We were lucky to even have office space.
media skills people
Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills.
opportunity growing obstacles
What drives me is the prospect of turning an obstacle into a business opportunity, and then growing that into something lasting and rewarding.
school hard-work years
I was told I had to go to business school to succeed. I gave it a shot, but eventually dropped out to bootstrap a restaurant with just a Visa card and a $20,000 line of credit. Everyone told me restaurants were hard work (and they were right! I have so much respect for anyone in the restaurant business). I ran the restaurant for two years, sold a franchise, decided to change paths, and sold the whole operation at a modest profit.
bottom critical leaving respecting roots tech transcends understanding wars
Understanding and respecting your roots is critical not only to winning the tech talent wars but leaving a legacy that transcends bottom lines.
along came gets mind passionate people reviews technology
When you think of technology that gets people excited - long lines at stores, enthusiastic reviews in the blogosphere, passionate evangelists - the first thing to come to mind probably isn't thermostats. Then, along came Nest.
left second tools
We've all been inundated with so many ingenious, must-have, time-saving apps and tools that we really don't have a second left to spare.
dictate
Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered.
chances forth investors standing thousands
The reality is that SXSW is packed with brilliant entrepreneurs, investors and partners. They're everywhere, zipping back and forth like thousands of atoms. Your chances of colliding with one actually improve just by standing still.
founded leave move project
The decision to leave a company you founded and move on to a new project is never an easy one.