1. 21st Century Leadership Series
Learning from the Winners
Neil Edwards
President Pango

2. Personal Background
• Education: The Citadel, BA Math (’87) &
Duke MBA grad work
• Public Companies: DuPont,
KnowledgeWare, InfoUSA, Network
Solutions, & VeriSign
• Start Ups: dotMobi, CelluFun, Pango
• Countries: USA, Ireland, China, France, &
Israel
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3. Learning From The Winners
Imagine the
Future
Disrupt the
Present
Lead to
Scale
Scale to
Succeed
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4. Imagine the Future: Elon Musk
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5. Disrupt the Present: Steve Jobs
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6. Lead to Scale: Travis Kalanick
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7. Scale to Succeed: Jeff Bezos
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8. Concluding Thoughts
• Imagining
• Disrupting
• Leading
• Scaling
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