Jay Wilkinson: Is a Company’s Culture Determined by Design or Default?
Is a Company’s Culture determined by design or default? Lifelong entrepreneur Jay Wilkinson, President of Firespring, a 2011 Inc. Magazine Top Small Company Workplace shares his company’s secret sauce to a vibrant culture that attracts and keeps great talent.
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ABOUT Jay Wilkinson
“Jay Wilkinson is a lifelong entrepreneur. While attending college, he started numerous businesses and, in 1986, helped launch Campus Connection magazine. The business took him to NYC where the magazine grew into the country’s largest college-oriented publication with a distribution of 1.2 million.
In 1992, Jay returned to Nebraska and opened an AlphaGraphics printing franchise. The business broke the first-year sales record for the 350-store network and was the fastest franchise at the time to reach $1 million in annual sales. Renamed Cornerstone Printing & Imaging in 2001, the company is listed today by Quick Printing magazine as one of the 100 largest rapid-response printing operations in America.
In 1996, Firespring was born, a spin-off of the printing company to develop websites for local businesses. Today, Firespring provides marketing services to more than 3,000 clients on five continents. In his spare time, Jay can be found participating in activities with his family or traveling with his wife, Tawnya, in a quest for the perfect scuba diving location.
He sits on the board for several Non Profits and is an avid supporter of programmes that provide leadership and enrichment programmes for America’s youth. Jay has appeared on CNN and other news outlets discussing how emerging technologies are shaping our future and is considered a leading authority on the impact of marketing and the web on Non Profits and small businesses.”
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