robert herjevac leadership presentation

Robert Herjevac

By: Andrew BeltonSupervision

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Introduction• Television Personality• Businessman • Entrepreneur • Motivational speaker • Father of 3 children• Venture capitalist• Best-selling author • Racecar driver• Immigrant• Excellent Leader

Dragons Den 2012

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History• Born in Varazdin, Croatia on September 14, 1963.• Escape communism • Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1970• Grew up in Toronto, Canada• Financially struggle• Upon arrival in Canada, his family only had 20 dollars • His family struggled as his father was only making 76 dollars a

week• Herjevac worked for free to gain work experience• Worked minimum wage jobs- waiting tables, delivering newspapers

and retail sales

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Career• Attended New College-University of Toronto• Studied English and Political Science• Worked in the Film industry• Worked for free, to gain experience with technology• Became a general manager at Logiquest• Left to start his own internet security software company called

BRAK systems• AT&T Canada bought BRAK system in 2000• Retired for 3 years

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Career• Launched the Herjevac Group in January 2003• The Herjevac group is recognized as a global leader in

information security, as it specializes in security services, compliance, incident response and remediation efforts for enterprise level organizations• Over 125 million dollars in sales• Herjevac has built and sold several information

technology companies to larger companies• HQ in Toronto, Canada

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Career• Dragon’s Den 2006-2012• Shark Tank 2010-Present • A “Leading Shark on Shark Tank”• Has invested in many successful companies• Inspired American and Canadian audience

• Dancing with the Stars- season 20• Competed in Ferrari Challenge•Won Rookie of the year 2011

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Career• Best-Selling Author• Driven: How to Succeed in Business• Life and The Will to Win: Leading,

Competing, Succeeding • Life principles • Life lessons• Motivational

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Motivational Speaker

• Provides advice • Speaks on his path to

success • “Rags to Riches”

• Impact of hard work and drive

• Extremely skilled at speaking

• Motivational

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Personal• Has 3 children• Retired to become a stay-at-home father

in 2000• Avid Golfer• Runner• Participated in marathons in New York

City and Miami• Collects Cars• Motorcyclist• Owns a private jet• Net Worth over 200 Million dollars• Owns a massive home in Canada• Features on MTV Cribs• Has worked in film for many years• Loves Mentoring

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Quote•“You have to stay laser-focused when driving a car over 200 miles an hour, and the same approach is required when growing a business in today’s

world of rapidly changing technology.”-Robert Herjavec

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Leadership• “more [of a] builder than hands-off investor and

enjoys mentoring.” –Francine Kopun• "In the few cases from the show where the investment

has worked out, I try to get involved and mentor as much as possible. Grease Monkey (as an example) is experiencing phenomenal growth since airing and we try and have conference calls at least every two weeks. Very tough to make the time but often, these small business (sic) need advice much more than they need the money." –Robert Herjavec

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Leadership• Herjevac wants to get

into the business and do as much as he can to make it successful by manually putting forth effort as opposed to letting the business run by itself.

• Transformational Leader-inspire the people around him

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Thank You

Works Cited"Dynamic Entrepreneur And Business Leader | Robert Herjavec." Robert Herjavec. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. <http://www.robertherjavec.com/about/>.

Kopun, Francine. "Robert Herjavec: The Nice Dragon | Toronto Star." Thestar.com. N.p., 16 Mar. 2010. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. <http://www.thestar.com/business/2010/03/16/robert_herjavec_the_nice_dragon.html>.

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