Entrepeneurs / Business Tycoons

This flamboyant British entrepreneur with a seemingly insatiable appetite for starting new businesses is the son of a lawyer and an airline stewardess. He was educated at the exclusive Stowe…

In 1981 Rick Barrera founded his consulting and training firm to identify and teach the distinctions Peak Performers make to produce exceptional results. He first applied these principles to sales and…

Robert B. Tucker is president of The Innovation Resource, and an internationally recognized leader in the field of innovation. Formerly an adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles,…

Robert Berendes is head of business development at Syngenta Global, a world-leading agricultural business committed to sustainable agriculture and crop protection. From 2005 to 2006 he was Syngenta’s head of…

Robin Crow has forged a remarkable career on his journey from RCA recording artist to successful entrepreneur, and has built several world-class businesses from scratch.  He is an acclaimed public…

Ron Shaich is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Panera Bread Company, where he previously served for over 20 years as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Today,…

Ross Shafer grew up in the Pacific Northwest and graduated from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington where he studied business management and played varsity football (linebacker). After…

The Internet has RADICALLY CHANGED the way that people buy and sell. Buyers have more information than ever, and they don’t have time to waste in data gathering meetings. Yet…

Sasha Dichter is the Director of Business Development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit venture capital fund that invests in enterprises that serve the poor.  In this role, he leads up…

He is the author of “ALL Business is Show Business: Strategies for Earning Standing Ovations from Your Customers and Employees” which has now entered its second printing and reached the…