Jack Parsons is the entrepreneur best known for creating Yourfeed, which is now being called “LinkedIn for millenials.” Yourfeed connects 2 million young people to a business based on their skill set. To date, Yourfeed already has 200 brand partners including Twitter and Facebook. This company also teaches these young people many valuable lessons and skills that they will need once they begin to enter the workforce.
Although Jack Parsons is a very successful entrepreneur, he certainly didn’t start that way and wasn’t handed anything for free. He was the son of a cab driver and would have been homeless after he graduated if his father hadn’t allowed him to stay at home for a while. He received his first job simply because he told the CEO he would prove his worth by working for the first 3 months for free. From there, he faced many more ups and downs before finally hitting it huge with Yourfeed. As you can see, Jack Parsons is a dtermined entrepreneur that was willing to do whatever he needed to to become successful. He persevered and didn’t give up when times got tough.
This was a very interesting article… I had no idea of this service and I will have to consider it now. I love that he modified the idea of LinkedIn to serve a different market segment.
Determination goes a really long way. He certainly wasn’t handed anything, and Parsons’ story is one of hard-earned success.
Really awesome story that shows how determined Parson’s was to make a successful idea happen in spite of his life situation.
What a cool background story! It’s inspiring to see the determination in this guy to go the extra mile time and again, and to see it pay off for him.
Also, this is such a cool idea. I had no idea that this type of tool was available. I’m definitely checking it out right now!
What a cool background story! It’s inspiring to see the persistence in this guy to go the extra mile time and again, and to see it pay off for him.
Also, this is such a cool idea. I had no idea that this type of tool was available. I’m definitely checking it out right now!
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This is such an inspirational story! I think it would be very hard to do what Jack did giving the situation that he was in. He shows true entrepreneurial spirit by fighting against all odds.