In the Day in the Life Series, Mashable hand-picked seven successful tech entrepreneurs to follow for a day. We wanted to know what their routine is like, what they eat for lunch, how much time they spend in meetings, who they seek out for advice and what keeps them going day after day on little sleep. What we found is that these entrepreneurs are driven by insatiable passion, and they'll let nothing stand in their way. Read on and get to know these entrepreneurs; click through for the full story, which will include either a cinematic video or a beautiful photo gallery of go-getters at work.
1. Felicia Day, YouTube Star and Founder of Geek and Sundry
2. Nihal Mehta, Founder and CEO, LocalResponse
Mehta is the founder and CEO of LocalResponse, which targets social media content toward consumers who've displayed intent to purchase. For example, a Foursquare check-in at Walgreen's might yield a targeted tweet about a special discount.
“A phone knows who you are, where you are and where you’ve been. But no ad platform was taking advantage of that [when we launched],” Mehta told Mashable.
3. Jason Goldberg, CEO and Co-Founder, Fab
We followed Goldberg around for a day to get a sense of what a typical in his life is, but we learned quickly that there's no such thing as a "typical day" for Goldberg. Just last month, he got married, and he parlayed his honeymoon into a trip to the Fab office in India. He returned stateside for a week, so he could have a board meeting and a global all-hands meeting, and then headed to Berlin for a week to visit Fab offices, before heading to Tokyo to check out trends in the design-forward city. Such is the life of a busy CEO, but you'll see in the photos that Goldberg does it all in style.
4. Ge Wang, Stanford Professor and Co-Founder, Smule
5. Zach Sims, Co-Founder and CEO, Codecademy
“I’m pretty much working whether I’m in the office or not. Having a phone means always being tied to work. That said, work isn’t always ‘work.’ It’s spending the day with smart people and building something that can change the world,” he tells Mashable.
6. Scott Heiferman, Founder and CEO, Meetup
When Scott Heiferman and his co-founder launched Meetup in the wake of 9/11, their mission was to revitalize local communities in America. With these numbers 10 years later, it's safe to say, "mission accomplished."
But Heiferman is still hard at work helping people find "Meetups Everywhere About Most Everything." The platform uses the power of the Internet to get people off the Internet, so they can develop relationships IRL with those who share their passions, from book clubs to entrepreneurship networking to running groups. If you have a passion, there's a Meetup for it.
Heiferman himself starts many days with a Meetup. "It's so important to stay connected to what you're doing," he says.
7. Kellee Khalil, Founder and CEO, Lover.ly
"We’re in execution mode. You have to move 100 miles per hour in any direction you can. It’s all about momentum and keeping the momentum going. That’s what I love about business -- you get to go hard," says Khalil.