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TEACHING
Feature: From All Corners of Campus

OUTREACH
Feature: Entrepreneurial Training Camp

Which Fast-Growing Private Company Is #1?

Faces of Wharton Entrepreneurship

RESEARCH
Feature: Visiting Scholar to Business Leaders: Consider "Learning from Near Misses"

Verbatim: Our Directors, in Quotes

Lucinda Duncalfe Holt
CEO

Personal Information
Company name /type: Destiny/consulting

Education: BA Penn, MBA Wharton

Primary place of residence: Lafayette Hill, PA

It would surprise people that I….: I am a black belt in Shotokan (a form of karate).

P.O.V. (Point of View)
I became an entrepreneur because…: I didn’t know any better.

Best way to respond to criticism and doubters: Ignore them.

Best definition of a successful entrepreneur: Willing to try.

Most challenging part of your job: Balancing the many interests.

Biggest impact of the Wharton School: Showed me how all the pieces fit together.

Best memory of your Wharton days: Late nights lost in Excel hell with good, new-found friends.

Close calls
How you started your business: I didn’t, was hired by founder as 3rd employee and CEO.

Pivotal moment in growing your business: Switching business models from software to services.

Most interesting non-entrepreneurial job offer you’ve declined: Management track at American Express.

Biggest surprise you encountered growing your business: How long it takes.

Most difficult decision you’re glad you made: Firing our first salesperson.

Entrepreneur to Entrepreneur
Book that most influenced your thinking: Endurance

Favorite activity outside of business: Playing with my daughter.

Goal still pursuing: Being a better person.

Person most influential to your success: Dad

Person you most admire: Ghandi

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