Inspiration for Your Business Journey

Tap into real-world advice from champion company founders.
 
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Meet the Founders

 
 
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“I keep starting companies because all of the regrets I have about the last 50 things I did wrong on the previous one.”

 

Dick Costolo
Founder, Feedburner, Former CEO, Twitter

 
 
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“I am not the most visionary person in the world, but I’m very persistent. I’ll keep going at something until I get it right.”

Joe Mansueto
Founder, Morningstar

 
 
 
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“A lot of people go through life trying to avoid failure, and they never accomplish success.”

Bill DeVille
Founder and CEO, Health Carousel

 
 
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Life Changing Conversations
for Entrepreneurs

Go behind the scenes with 45 successful company founders featured in the book How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America to learn from their early steps, big gains, and mistakes. Discover how they ultimately triumphed to create $41 billion from scratch.

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Inspire to Succeed
at High Levels

If you are planning an event with an audience of business owners, CEOs, executives, or salespeople, Robert Jordan is the ideal keynote or breakout speaker.

 
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