Experiment, Measure and Repeat–Persistence Pays

Justin Shelby felt his campus interview with a Fortune 500 company had gone well. When he didn't get a call from them, he made a friend inside the company and kept calling back–for 30 days. His persistence paid off, and he spent the next 9 years at Black & Decker. Today, he is CEO and founder of Artichoke, a complete business solution for the rapidly growing community of freelancers, independent practitioners, and moonlighters operating in the U.S.