9. Advice and Lessons Learned From a #1 Ranked Inc. 500 CEO w/ Dan Weinfurter

On this episode, I am thrilled to have Dan Weinfurter join the program. Dan was the Founder of GrowthPlay, an integrated sales effectiveness services business that grew rapidly to be ranked #22 on the 2017 Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies. In Dan’s 25 years as a serial entrepreneur, he has built three prior private equity-backed companies from start-up to considerable scale, including Parson Group, his first startup that landed #1 on the coveted Inc. 500 list.   He is the author of Second Stage Entrepreneurship, Ten Proven Strategies to Drive Aggressive Growth (Macmillan/Palgrave, 2013).  Dan was an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Dan is currently a Director at Mentor Group UK.  Mentor is a London-based global technology-enabled services firm that delivers solutions focused on improving sales productivity, leadership capability and revenue growth.  Visit: www.mentorgroup.co.uk  and   www.danweinfurter.com