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Jon Ferrara is a serial entrepreneur and is best known as the co-founder of GoldMine Software Corp that was launched in May 1990. And sold just 9 years later in 1999 for $125 million after reaching annual revenues of $100 million. They never chased Venture capital funds or borrowed money but boot strapped the startup with only $5,000 in the bank. Jon and his partner founded the CRM revolution and it was one of the early pioneers in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for small to medium sized businesses. Goldmine was one of the earliest products in the space between collaboration, contact management, and sales force automation, way before Outlook and Salesforce even existed.   He sold his business just 4 months before the dotcom bubble burst. For the next 10 years Jon decided to focus on his family and his health after being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2000 just after the sale of the business.  In 2010 he re-entered the business world and kicked off his new social CRM venture project, Nimble after seeing and sensing the power of social media to transform global relationships and business. What you will learn The power of a passionate purpose  Why you need to find a way to distribute your products.  Discover the power of relationships to supercharge business success Learn the importance of storytelling as an entrepreneur How to scale your business  The importance of balancing family, personal, health and business priorities  The books and resources that have inspired and sustained Jon on his journey