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."
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