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411 :: What an 8-Hour Bar Conversation Can Teach You About Leadership and Building a Business
In February of 2011, Bradley Hartmann requested an interview with Bill Heuer and
Geoffrey Gran, co-founders of The Countertop Factory Midwest. The interview was
homework—a required 5-page paper on leadership and "new venture creation"—in
Hartmann's MBA program.
The interview was granted and after 8 hours in an Elmhurst, Illinois bar, Hartmann had
ample notes. In subsequent days, Hartmann presumably shook off his hangover, wrote
the paper, and submitted it to his professor.
What he didn't do was share the paper with the generous men whose insights
comprised the backbone of the paper—Bill Heuer…
The skinny
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