Founder of two world-renowned entrepreneurship organizations, the Young
Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) and the Association of Collegiate
Entrepeneurs (ACE), Verne Harnish is founder and CEO of Gazelles, Inc. and the
Mast of Business Dynamics (MBD) program, focused on helping firms implement
tools for handling the complexities that come with growth. Named one of the
"Top 10 Minds in Small Business" by Fortune Small Business Magazine (FSB), he
appeared on the cover of the Dec/Jan 2002 issue of the magazine. A frequent
writer and columnist, he writes for Fortune.com as"The Growth Guru" and
authored the cover story for the September 2001 issue of FSB. His new book
Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of
Your Fast-Growth Firm, was released in April 2002 and has been translated into
several languages. Verne has served as an advisor to CEOs of emerging growth
firms for nineteen years.
Verne serves on the board of the New York city based National Foundation for
Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and chairs the renowned MIT/Inc./YEO "Birthing
of Giants" executive leadership program. He also chairs the leadership program
for the prestigious Top 40 Under 40 Awards in Canada and helped launch in 2002
a new executive program in Malaysia entitled "Taipan, the Making of Asian
Giants."
Verne is the co-creator and presenter of CareerTrack's Implementing Total
Quality Management program, audio, and four volume video series; and was a
certified presenter for Tom Peters' In Search of Excellence and
developer/presenter for his Liberation Management programs. He is also the
author and presenter of the audio and video series Controlling Interruptions
and a two volume series on Creativity and Innovation.
From leading the first delegation of young entrepreneurs to the People's
Republic of China to spearheading a U.S. Department of Education major summary
report for The White House, he is as comfortable in a government or non-profit
setting as he is working with entrepreneurs and corporate clients. Given his
expertise in the field of entrepreneurship, he has appeared on several national
television and radio programs including Smart Money, CBS News, and Nation's
Business Today; and appeared in sotries in over one hundred magazines and
newspapers including Forbes, Inc., and The Wall Street Journal.
Verne has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA. He is married to Julie
and has a 6 year-old son Cameron and a 3 year-old son Cole. Hobbies include
piano, tennis, and magic as a member of the International Brotherhood of
Magicians. Honors include National Leader of the Year for Omicron Delta Kappa
(Leadership honorary organization) and one of the first two recipients of the
National Laureate Award for Leadership by Tau Beta Pi (Engineering honorary
organization).
