EP#121 The Bezos Letters 14 Principles to Grow your Business Like Amazon with Steve Anderson Author, Speaker, Futurist and Trusted Authority

Steve Anderson, MA, is a trusted authority on risk, technology, productivity, and innovation. He has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry. He is also the author of The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon (Morgan James , September 2019). Anderson is a professional speaker, writer, and "futurist." His speaking portfolio includes presentations on the future of technology, the influence of social platforms, how businesses can leverage the internet, and how they can assess and use risk to their advantage. He was chosen as one of the original 150 LinkedIn Influencers and has over 340,000 followers. For the past two decades he has served as the president of The Anderson Network. Prior to that, he served eight years as Vice President of Cadenhead Shreffler Insurance, and 12 years at Gilbride Insurance Agency. He is a Certified Insurance Counselor with numerous honors earned including #10 Influencer to Know in the World of Insurtech; Insurance's Top 100 Individual Influencers on Twitter; and an Insurance Automaton Award recipient. He serves as the co-chair for Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America's ACT API Workgroup. For the past quarter-century, he has been a member of the faculty for The National Alliance for Insurance Education Research. He has co-hosted The Digital Broker Podcast over the past year and a half. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Economics from Taylor University and a Master's Degree in Legal Studies with an emphasis in Insurance Law from University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law. Steve and his wife, Karen, have two married daughters, and seven young grandchildren. They live in historic Franklin, Tennessee. For more information, please consult: www.thebezosletters.com