Mariam Naficy, CEO & Founder of Minted

Mariam Naficy is the CEO and founder of Minted, which is backed by investors like T. Rowe Price, Norwest Venture Partners, TCV, Ridge Ventures, Permira, and Benchmark. It's gotten $297.1 million in funding to help the platform grow. Minted is a platform for artists to learn and gain exposure to grow their businesses. Minted was named one of 2014’s 10 Most In-Demand Startups among job seekers and Naficy was named one of Fast Company's 25 Most Creative People in Business in 2013.

Her best advice: "Entrepreneurship is two-fold. It’s about creating a product or service that changes your customers’ lives in some way and engineering a competitive business model to operate your company," she told HuffPost. I am not an entrepreneur because I want money and fame, in fact, these factors can be detrimental to good decision making."