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Disrupt Yourself or Be Disrupted

My book, Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry: The Pow­er of Think­ing Big has been a jour­ney of over fif­teen years of research, inno­va­tion, and lead­er­ship to define what it will take to be a leader in the future. Fol­low me to learn more and grow your­self per­son­al­ly, pro­fes­sion­al­ly, and organizationally.

My jour­ney to dis­cov­er the expo­nen­tial the­o­ry began when I was 20 years old. I dared to sneak into the Uni­ver­si­ty of Notre Dame’s Career Cen­ter in hopes of land­ing an inter­view for a Chica­go intern­ship, even though I didn’t even attend the uni­ver­si­ty. How­ev­er, while at Notre Dame I dis­cov­ered a poster of Semes­ter at Sea and fell in love with the idea of trav­el­ing around the world. That day, I didn’t get the intern­ship, but I start­ed on a new adventure.

Less than a year lat­er, I left home to cir­cum­nav­i­gate the world, ven­ture into the unknown, under­stand the world, rein­vent my poten­tial, and expand my own self-lim­it­ing box. I flew to the Bahamas and board­ed the SS Uni­verse, a 554-foot ocean lin­er built-in 1953. As I depart­ed, I knew I would not be in a famil­iar envi­ron­ment again until I had it made it all the way back around the world. At that point in life, I didn’t know a sin­gle per­son who had trav­eled out­side the Unit­ed States, let alone any of my fel­low trav­el­ers on this voy­age. I stepped into a new world and began chal­leng­ing myself in new ways every day.

This was my first step into explor­ing the uncom­fort­able, with no safe­ty net. My great­est peri­od of growth began by board­ing the SS Uni­verse that day. My growth came when I real­ized I was all alone, and I con­tin­ued onward and chose growth over com­fort. I was already a thou­sand miles from home and still head­ed fur­ther away. I won­der if an astro­naut head­ed toward the moon might feel the same way.

The excite­ment was sub­dued by the FEAR (False Evi­dence Appear­ing Real) I was expe­ri­enc­ing. The expe­di­tion moved me in and out of 12 cul­tures on three con­ti­nents over 120 days. Near­ly half of those days were spent in the open waters in a giant social exper­i­ment, while the oth­er half was spent explor­ing new coun­tries, peo­ple, lan­guages, and cul­tures. Every day opened my eyes to some­thing new. New places, new sit­u­a­tions, and new peo­ple, all forced me to con­tin­u­ous­ly rewire my brain and grow. In doing this, I start­ed to open up the lim­it­ed beliefs from my mod­est mid­west­ern upbring­ing. I was recre­at­ing my world­view and I was doing it quick­ly. My dreams got big­ger! Sud­den­ly, for the first time, I believed that I could accom­plish great things and make a dif­fer­ence by step­ping up to chal­lenges that pre­sent­ed them­selves. My path had been forged and unfold­ed in front of me as oppor­tu­ni­ties mag­i­cal­ly pre­sent­ed them­selves as my thoughts began to play out in the real world. I start­ed devel­op­ing my pur­pose. I start­ed attract­ing the peo­ple and oppor­tu­ni­ties I need­ed into my life. The path becomes clear when your pur­pose is clear.

How­ev­er, past anchors and con­di­tion­ing pre­vent­ed my box from expand­ing too quick­ly. For exam­ple, my high school Eng­lish teacher had said to me, “Aaron, you are nev­er going to amount to any­thing,” and I believed her. My con­fi­dence had been shak­en. I grad­u­at­ed in the bot­tom half of my high school class, with col­leges only inter­est­ed in my abil­i­ty to play soc­cer. Soc­cer was my chance out of a career in con­struc­tion, a like­ly pro­fes­sion for a mid­west­ern high school grad­u­ate. Thank­ful­ly, I was recruit­ed by many col­leges for soc­cer, ulti­mate­ly mak­ing the safe choice to stay home and attend the school that my high school soc­cer coach start­ed coach­ing. I thought that was the best option for me at the time.

In col­lege, my thirst for knowl­edge accel­er­at­ed. I grad­u­at­ed with hon­ors in three years. I con­tin­ued to grad­u­ate school to earn a degree in Latin Amer­i­can Stud­ies as I con­tin­ued to see a big­ger world. This would open the door to my ulti­mate edu­ca­tion goal, get­ting my MBA from the Thun­der­bird School of Glob­al Man­age­ment. I achieved that 10 years lat­er. Look­ing back, I now real­ize that intel­li­gence has noth­ing to do with for­mal edu­ca­tion or a class­room. Iron­i­cal­ly, I found I learned more about life, and about how to excel in a life, in my time spent out­side the class­room. As Elon Musk has said on many occa­sions, “Don’t con­fuse school­ing with education.”

While these expe­ri­ences served me well, I rec­og­nize that this is not everyone’s expe­ri­ence. My expe­ri­ences built the nec­es­sary con­fi­dence for me to open the door to many oppor­tu­ni­ties, includ­ing becom­ing the Entre­pre­neur-in-Res­i­­dence at Thun­der­bird and even­tu­al­ly this expe­ri­ence opened the door to many oth­er Uni­ver­si­ties and even­tu­al­ly led me to Sin­gu­lar­i­ty Uni­ver­si­ty at NASA Ames cam­pus in Moun­tain­view work­ing with some of the most expo­nen­tial entre­pre­neurs in the world. It also opened the door to facil­i­tat­ing inno­va­tion around the world with com­pa­nies like WDHB, Hyper Island, and Kaos Pilot. Just as a shark will only grow to eight inch­es in a fish tank but will grow to more than eight feet in the ocean, I was soon swim­ming in a much big­ger world.

I was obsessed with learn­ing. I was curi­ous how the world works, entrenched in a world of inno­va­tion with some of the best com­pa­nies in the world. I also took near­ly every course I could find, and rarely turned down any oppor­tu­ni­ty pre­sent­ed to me to explore new ways to think. I con­tin­ued to expand my beliefs, pur­pose, and vision. I trav­eled, explored, and put myself into chal­leng­ing sit­u­a­tions. I want­ed to see who I real­ly was and what my poten­tial could be. I grew my con­fi­dence to lead and leaned into dif­fi­cult con­ver­sa­tions. I con­tin­ue to chal­lenge myself to take on more.

For years, I looked for a sign from the out­side world. How­ev­er, it wasn’t until I start­ed to take a deep­er jour­ney with­in that I real­ized I already had the answers. Through a series of lead­er­ship devel­op­ment cours­es, I stopped look­ing to the out­side world for val­i­da­tion. I learned to say “no.” This helped me to avoid burnout and led me to take an intro­spec­tive jour­ney, which led me to Bali, Indone­sia to spend time with some of the world’s great ener­gy heal­ers. My ener­gy need­ed recharg­ing. I spent a day with a laugh­ing Shaman, fast­ed for two weeks, and I spent time in a Bud­dhist monastery in silence. I also spent time in iso­la­tion in the wilder­ness. I real­ized my own self-love and self-worth were only set by myself. I became mind­ful and embraced the joy of miss­ing out (JOMO). I shed excess own­er­ship, weight, and sim­pli­fied my whole life. I final­ly found free­dom, liv­ing by my own terms.

I con­tin­ued to trav­el, learn, grow, and edu­cate myself, to learn how to talk to myself, to inno­vate myself, and to reimag­ine myself. As the world is a per­fect pic­ture of our own imag­i­na­tion, I became aware of my own inten­tions and my own fears hold­ing me back from becom­ing every­thing I want­ed to be. I was free to just be myself, and I accept­ed that I was good enough. I stepped into the present moment for the first time.

My new iden­ti­ty was set. I con­tin­ued to cre­ate my future in a push and pull between my grow­ing and lim­it­ing beliefs. A tug of war that with some pos­i­tive self-talk, led me to per­son­al, pro­fes­sion­al, and orga­ni­za­tion growth. I became an adven­tur­ous para­troop­er that dropped into com­pa­nies to solve incred­i­bly dif­fi­cult prob­lems with facil­i­ta­tion, design think­ing, and sys­tems think­ing. I designed the per­fect role for myself, and over time grew into think­ing big and I stepped up to any chal­lenge pre­sent­ed to me.

I began to embrace the pow­ers of expo­nen­tial the­o­ry before I had a the­o­ry for it. I took respon­si­bil­i­ty for the cre­ation of my out­comes. In my career, I’ve cre­at­ed a dozen com­pa­nies, three non-prof­its, a half-dozen edu­ca­tion pro­grams, and three accel­er­a­tors. I lost peo­ple mon­ey, made peo­ple mon­ey, and exit­ed sev­er­al star­tups. I con­tin­ued to fail for­ward, learn, make mis­takes, and grow.

On the jour­ney, I become a glob­al inno­va­tion facil­i­ta­tor work­ing with com­pa­nies like Daim­ler, Coca-Cola, and Google, learn­ing and grow­ing from some of the great­est cor­po­rate lead­ers in the world. I worked on projects that cre­at­ed bil­lions in bot­­tom-line rev­enue. I trav­eled to all 50 states and over 90 coun­tries. My lim­it­ing beliefs fad­ed, and I found myself in the mid­dle of wicked­ly com­plex prob­lems and began to dis­man­tle them and cre­ate solu­tions with rel­a­tive ease. I began to impact the world in an expo­nen­tial way. I found my pur­­pose-to inspire those that I crossed paths with to think big and find their pur­pose. I began to sur­round myself with the right peo­ple, and I made sure they looked at the world the way I want­ed to see it: as an opti­mistic, big thinker. This led to the writ­ing of this book.

Down­load a free pre-release chap­ter or pre-reg­is­ter for our Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry course, and be part of the first group we help reimag­ine the future of lead­er­ship through explor­ing expo­nen­tial theory.

In addi­tion to the book, at Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry we have sev­er­al oth­er ways that we can help you imple­ment big think­ing into your ven­tures includ­ing work­shops for your team, strate­gic plan­ning facil­i­ta­tion for your lead­er­ship, tai­lored speak­ing engage­ments for your con­fer­ences, exec­u­tive coach­ing for your­self or your lead­ers, join our expo­nen­tial accel­er­a­tor for inno­va­tors and entre­pre­neurs, and our online cours­es, Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry, and the XMBA, eXpo­nen­tial Mind­sets, Beliefs, and Attitudes.

Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

Welcome to my new online presence.

I’m Aaron Bare, and last year, I got the oppor­tu­ni­ty to self-pub­­lish my first book—Reimag­in­ing Inno­va­tion; the Future of Expo­nen­tial Lead­er­ship. It was a wild expe­ri­ence that frankly wouldn’t have hap­pened if COVID hadn’t forced me inside to fin­ish it. The book was well received with great feedback. 

As I was work­ing on my first book, I out­lined a plan to build out some­thing that cap­tures every­thing I have worked on so hard in my career. I would use my first book to get the atten­tion of a New York Pub­lish­er. Then, I would write a sec­ond book, Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry:  The Pow­er of Think­ing Big and with the momen­tum of a pub­lish­ing house behind us, I would launch an online course that direct­ly impart­ed the the­o­ry, prac­tice, and mas­tery of the mate­r­i­al in the book to the read­er; the leader of the future.

If you know me at all, you know I’m a deep thinker and over time I have built the con­fi­dence to share my unique view­point. Now I am liv­ing in a live exper­i­ment, a self-ful­­fil­l­ing prophe­cy of think­ing big and liv­ing expo­nen­tial­ly, cre­at­ing a sus­tain­able equi­table future for every­one will­ing to chal­lenge themselves.

If you don’t know me, you will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to get to know me through my social media and hope­ful­ly spend some time with me on your jour­ney to “Think Big­ger” by read­ing my book, tak­ing one of my cours­es, engag­ing me to work with your com­pa­ny or sign­ing up for my newslet­ter.

I am work­ing on get­ting inten­tion­al with my mes­sage and I have cre­at­ed a col­lec­tion of social media I hope gets shared for gen­er­a­tions to come. I have con­tin­ued to research, with over a decade and a half of work behind my the­sis. As I think ahead, I under­stand we are all dig­i­tal foot­prints to the future that share a sto­ry of who we are with every post. I am going to be inten­tion­al about who I am now and who I am to gen­er­a­tions to come. 

I hope to chal­lenge your views on major themes like tech­nol­o­gy, cli­mate change, and social equi­ty, as well as on more spe­cif­ic mat­ters like the expo­nen­tial mind­set, can­cel cul­ture, safe spaces, and cen­sor­ship as they chal­lenge the moral fab­ric of a just soci­ety. These things now are cor­rupt­ing the land­scape by who con­trols the narrative.

I will share the bal­anc­ing act to hack your way to cre­ate your own view­point based on fact and not just anoth­er per­son shar­ing oth­ers’ opin­ions. Too often our friends share sto­ries with no mer­it becom­ing part of the prob­lem and not part of a solu­tion. I will explore how to use tech­nol­o­gy, and not let tech­nol­o­gy use you. 

I will take you on a jour­ney of coach­ing, con­sult­ing, and facil­i­tat­ing change around the world so you, in turn, can under­stand expo­nen­tial the­o­ry, prac­tice the under­ly­ing skills, and cre­ate mas­tery in your lead­er­ship abil­i­ty to lead, cre­ate, and fos­ter expo­nen­tial ideas. The course will be facil­i­tat­ed and curat­ed to cap­ture deep knowl­edge on every sub­ject intro­duced, so you can go as deep as pos­si­ble down into any sub­ject, yet learn the inter­con­nect­ed­ness of the mate­r­i­al at the same time. This mas­ter course of all mas­ter class­es will cre­ate a thirst for knowl­edge that will set you on a path towards suc­cess regard­less of your destination.

This will help you imple­ment the pow­er of think­ing big in your own life. In all areas of your life. I will exam­ine how the brain works, makes deci­sions, and reacts to sit­u­a­tions. I will help iden­ti­fy bias­es and fos­ter men­tal mod­els to enhance your think­ing in every sit­u­a­tion. Then, I will flip a switch in your brain to turn on your con­nec­tiv­i­ty to a future you thought was only a dream. This will take you to a place where you are com­plete and full of sat­is­fac­tion from cre­at­ing your own worldview.

To do so, I want to fur­ther intro­duce you to the Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry book and online course. The goal is to build a com­mu­ni­ty of expo­nen­tial thinkers solv­ing the world’s biggest prob­lems. From here, my plan would be to build out a more thor­ough course based on my career as a facil­i­ta­tor of inno­va­tion and lead­er­ship. This course is called the XMBA: An Edu­ca­tion for the 21st Cen­tu­ry Leader (more on that later).

Two years lat­er, and I am on track with the vision I set out to create.

After launch­ing Reimag­in­ing Inno­va­tion, I piv­ot­ed the con­tent and I took a quan­tum leap for­ward with my new book Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry. The book argues that future lead­ers focused on expo­nen­tial impact will become more con­scious and pur­pose dri­ven in the process, cre­at­ing a con­scious move­ment as com­pa­nies in the future rec­og­nize that they need to ben­e­fit all their stake­hold­ers as much as their share­hold­ers. This the­sis has been proven with a shift to Envi­ron­men­tal, Social and Cor­po­rate Gov­er­nance (ESG) and Impact investing.

In the first book I ref­er­ence a mas­ter plan Elon Musk wrote in 2006 when he was start­ing Tes­la (page 103). In this plan he out­lined exact­ly what he was going to do, and how Tes­la was going to mon­u­men­tal­ly dis­rupt trans­porta­tion, and ener­gy, as we know it. From sell­ing an over­priced sports car in the Tes­la Road­ster to fund the devel­op­ment of an expen­sive fam­i­ly car, the Mod­el S, and final­ly to fund the pro­duc­tion of mass mar­ket Mod­el 3. 15-years lat­er and Musk has built the most valu­able auto­mo­bile com­pa­ny in the world.

To prove that the Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry works I’m going to do a sim­i­lar thing. So, while I intro­duce myself, allow me to out­line “the plan”, why it fits into our keys to suc­cess out­lined in the book, and how you can be a part of it with me.

Wel­come to the future

In my life, I’ve built a unique busi­ness view­point trav­el­ing the world to meet some of the most inno­v­a­tive lead­ers at over 500 com­pa­nies, in over 90 coun­tries, and all 50 States as an entre­pre­neur­ship and inno­va­tion facilitator.

I am at a point in my life where I have devel­oped my pur­pose and will focus every­day on that pur­pose. After wan­der­ing the world, learn­ing as much as pos­si­ble, and doc­u­ment­ed spend­ing of over $600,000 on edu­ca­tion, expe­ri­ences, and self-devel­op­­ment. I feel that I am on the precipice of fig­ur­ing out how to make the biggest impact pos­si­ble for myself, give that same knowl­edge to oth­ers, and cre­ate a lega­cy while doing so.

While I just recent­ly signed a book deal with Mor­gan James Pub­lish­ing (which has pub­lished 29 New York Times Best Sell­ers, with offices around the globe). I have been right on track in the much larg­er process, since before even my first book. Com­plet­ing Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry wasn’t just some­thing I did this year, but is rather a cul­mi­na­tion of a 15-year long research project learn­ing about com­pa­nies growth and leadership.

So, I under­went my own per­son­al trans­for­ma­tion and sud­den­ly sto­ries that took over fif­teen years to cap­ture were flow­ing like a riv­er onto the pages before me. Through this project, I found both a call­ing and con­fi­dence in mak­ing a “Big Impact” on every­one I cross paths with. I have expand­ed my con­ver­sa­tions and imme­di­ate­ly find myself being intro­duced to some of the most pow­er­ful and inter­est­ing peo­ple in the world.

Through my inno­va­tion jour­ney to near­ly every cor­ner of Earth (over 90 coun­tries), I began to under­stand the world, rein­vent myself, my poten­tial, and expand my own self-lim­it­ing box. Through this process, I opened up my pos­si­bil­i­ties for my future. I start­ed to dis­man­tle the many things that were hold­ing me back and assem­ble the dream team to cre­ate the future seek­ing my poten­tial. This process was a great reset for me, and I look for­ward to shar­ing more with you on how I did that and cre­at­ing a great reset for you.

What is Expo­nen­tial Theory

Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry: The Pow­er of Think­ing Big will exam­ine a vari­ety of com­pa­nies and peo­ple that are solv­ing big prob­lems and have become more con­scious as a result. These com­pa­nies have become more focused on peo­ple over just prof­it. In return, these com­pa­nies have grown beyond com­pre­hen­sion. Sim­i­lar­ly, today the com­pa­nies that laid peo­ple off last year dur­ing COVID are hav­ing a hard time hir­ing right now and the com­pa­nies that put peo­ple first are start­ing to see the advan­tages in this post-pan­dem­ic growth.

The lead­ers of these com­pa­nies have their eyes on mak­ing a big impact and under­stand the impor­tance of their role in the plan­et, in assist­ing in human rights, and in liv­ing up to a mas­sive pur­pose that solves equal­ly big prob­lems. When peo­ple work on projects that focus on mak­ing a big impact, they are forced to think about the sys­tem rather than just sat­is­fy­ing one group of customers.

At this lev­el, entre­pre­neurs and inno­va­tors grow expo­nen­tial­ly; they are forced to start to focus on solv­ing uni­ver­sal prob­lems and change the way the sys­tem works. There­fore, these future Goliaths are start­ing to do the right thing, even when no one is look­ing. They demand it from them­selves and the peo­ple they work with.

Embrac­ing the VUCA World
With expo­nen­tial growth or decline, com­pa­nies grow or die faster than ever before. Sud­den­ly, as every­thing moves quick­ly, the future has become volatile, uncer­tain, com­plex, and ambigu­ous. The only way ahead then, is to dis­rupt one­self to sur­vive, or be dis­rupt­ed. With Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry, the book, the online course, and the XMBA, I am prepar­ing lead­ers to become dis­rup­tors, vision­ar­ies, inno­va­tors, lead­ers, and entre­pre­neurs. To lead into an unknown future with cer­tain­ty because they are pre­pared to make quick agile deci­sions, start to see how cap­i­tal moves, cus­tomers buy, and com­pa­nies grow. Fur­ther, I explain how to sur­vive in the new VUCA world — with vision, under­stand­ing, clar­i­ty, and agili­ty. A new mod­el for the leader of the future.

Think­ing Exponentially

The expo­nen­tial curve is why we live in a VUCA world. Every­thing is chang­ing so rapid­ly, that we must shift entire­ly how we are think­ing. It is not enough to shoot for 10% returns, but instead must be 10x returns. For exam­ple, to cre­ate an expo­nen­tial grow­ing com­­pa­ny- I plan on enrolling 1,000,000 future lead­ers into our cours­es and pro­grams. This ensures that I can impact 1,000,000,000 peo­ple through these com­pa­nies and change the world in a pos­i­tive way.

Find­ing a Mas­sive Trans­for­ma­tive Purpose

An epiphany of my 15 year research project, (facil­i­tat­ing and con­sult­ing with 500 com­pa­nies, across 90 coun­tries and all 50 states) was that I need an uncom­fort­able goal to make a big impact. Think­ing big and expo­nen­tial growth will require a Mas­sive Trans­for­ma­tive Pur­pose (MTP). Lar­ry Page, founder and for­mer CEO of Google asked one ques­tion, “Are you work­ing on some­thing that impacts one bil­lion peo­ple or not?” I am ready for him to ask me that ques­tion, because I am start­ing with you.

Dig­i­tiz­ing the Model

As I out­line in the book, the major cat­a­lyst of expo­nen­tial growth is dig­i­ti­za­tion. With dig­i­ti­za­tion comes the abil­i­ty to grow expo­nen­tial­ly. Bet­ter yet, Dig­i­ti­za­tion is the first (of six) stages of dis­rup­tion that occur today (explained in the book and course).

We have dig­i­tized the Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry online course. This means that with a dig­i­tal prod­uct, I am able to reach more lead­ers, faster, than I could with the tra­di­tion­al edu­ca­tion mod­el of coach­ing or facil­i­tat­ing. Since I am build­ing dig­i­tal first, I am build­ing to become exponential.

Becom­ing a Tech Company
With a dig­i­tal mod­el, I am build­ing a tech com­pa­ny, regard­less of what prod­uct or ser­vice I will sell. While I could be many things like a book com­pa­ny, an edu­ca­tion com­pa­ny, a lead­er­ship con­sor­tium, a con­sult­ing prac­tice, and so on, We are inten­tion­al­ly a tech com­pa­ny that hap­pens to sell books, edu­ca­tion, lead­er­ship train­ing and con­sult­ing. This sub­tle shift to a broad­er busi­ness goal is what is required to have the band­width to sup­port the accel­er­at­ed change and expect­ed growth with our expo­nen­tial model.

Launch­ing Disruption

The time is now. There is no time but the present to learn expo­nen­tial the­o­ry. It cre­ates the need­ed change to sur­vive and hope­ful­ly thrive with a new more com­pas­sion­ate and cre­ative leader that leans into the cur­rent chal­lenges. Plus, we are in the midst of a major tech­no­log­i­cal shift (the fourth indus­tri­al rev­o­lu­tion). The emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies are dis­rupt­ing every indus­try and as these tech­nolo­gies stack upon each oth­er, they become more expo­nen­tial, more pow­er­ful, until they even­tu­al­ly will cul­mi­nate in the Sin­gu­lar­i­ty. The pace of dis­rup­tion we will see thanks to these tech­nolo­gies; the change will be mind-num­b­ing as many of these tech­nolo­gies have already begun to be commercialized.

Lever­ag­ing the Viral Loop

Now, if you’ve been fol­low­ing along with the plan, this is the part where I am shift­ing my social media to accel­er­ate the adop­tion of expo­nen­tial the­o­ry, prac­tice expo­nen­tial the­o­ry, and with any per­sis­tence mas­ter expo­nen­tial the­o­ry. With the dig­i­tal expo­nen­tial prod­uct ready to be scaled, plus a mas­sive trans­for­ma­tive pur­pose of edu­cat­ing a mil­lion peo­ple to impact a bil­lion peo­ple, I’m ready to launch. Here is one of the ear­ly prin­ci­ples of expo­nen­tial think­ing in the new def­i­n­i­tion of the Rhodi­um Rule (see below). 

I’m start­ing here, by build­ing my social media up with my team at Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry to lever­age the viral loop. The viral loop—and the social media plat­forms that enable it—will pro­vide us with the great­est mouth­piece to share the impor­tant mes­sage I have with the Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry book, the Rhodi­um Rule, and the Pow­er of Think­ing Big.

Play­ing the Long Game

“Most com­pa­nies over­es­ti­mate what they can do in a year, and under­es­ti­mate what they can do in 10 years.”

  — Bill Gates

In expo­nen­tial the­o­ry I high­light the com­pa­nies that are suc­cess­ful have a greater under­stand­ing of the amount of time it takes to build some­thing sig­nif­i­cant. They invent, and they are patient. Jeff Bezos has a ten thou­sand year clock in his office. They are will­ing to ride out the decep­tion stage of disruption—where oth­ers can’t see the value—until the val­ue has actualized. 

This is what I am will­ing to work on for­ev­er. It is my new pur­pose, my lega­cy. This is my long game. 

“My commitment—my legacy—is to build a mil­lion expo­nen­tial leaders.”

Exe­cut­ing the MVP

The MVP, min­i­mum viable prod­uct, is what all expo­nen­tial busi­ness­es need to actu­al­ly get going. Elon Musk and Tes­la had the Tes­la Road­ster, not just an elec­tric car, a sports car that could actu­al­ly beat the most high per­form­ing sports cars in the world.

With Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry, I have already rolled out our MVP. The Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry book and now the online course, built off the book. While the book stands on its own, the 15-years of research allowed me to cre­ate an online course to take that under­stand­ing to a new lev­el. My goal is that it will help make indi­vid­u­als and com­pa­nies suc­ceed expo­nen­tial­ly, lever­ag­ing the evi­­dence-based meth­ods laid out in the book. We take the the­o­ry into prac­tice and my hope is to build many mas­ters of expo­nen­tial the­o­ry along the way. I see this as a way to help the next gen­er­a­tion of entre­pre­neurs and inno­va­tors think big­ger and cre­ate a big­ger impact on our world. My cur­rent clients have shared that this course is the last course you’ll need to invest in for your team as it frames lead­ers that they are enough and already com­plete. It opens up the tools to solve near­ly every prob­lem, cre­at­ing com­plex adap­tive prob­lem solvers. The future is bright for the lead­ers and com­pa­nies that embrace expo­nen­tial theory.

Accel­er­at­ing Innovation

The whole pur­pose of the Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry book, course, and XMBA is to accel­er­ate inno­va­tion, cre­ate a growth mind­set, and help lead­ers and their teams to think big­ger. The Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry online course is based on the best sto­ries, habits, men­tal mod­els, philoso­phies, strate­gies, and need­ed skills for the next 10 years to tra­verse the ever-com­­plex­ing land­scape of tech­nol­o­­gy-dri­ven innovation.

The XMBA isn’t real­ly an MBA at all, as it leads par­tic­i­pants through the the­o­ries, prac­tice, and mas­tery of an “eXpo­nen­tial Mind­set, Beliefs, and Atti­tudes” with evi­­dence-based case stud­ies, prac­tice, strate­gies, coach­ing, and projects.

Below is the cur­ricu­lum out­line, which shows how XMBA par­tic­i­pants move from the­o­ry, to prac­tice, to mastery.

XMBA—An Education for the 21st Century Leader

It starts with Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry course and then Lead­er­ship The­o­ry seeks to expand the think­ing learned in Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry by think­ing big, cre­at­ing a shared vision, and help­ing the rest of your team be part of the grow­ing the vision by adopt­ing expo­nen­tial the­o­ry. The process is self-ful­­fil­l­ing for the future expo­nen­tial lead­ers, their teams, and their companies.

Through the six pro­fi­cien­cy columns, par­tic­i­pants gain the nec­es­sary prac­tice in design think­ing, busi­ness mod­el strat­e­gy, project exe­cu­tion, growth hack­ing, ven­ture devel­op­ment, and cre­at­ing val­ue through nego­ti­a­tions. Then, I dive into the 10 skills need­ed for the 4th Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion and help cre­ate the tool belt to solve near­ly every prob­lem known to mankind. This course will be the last mas­ter course you’ll need to take.

Last­ly, as par­tic­i­pants evolve into expo­nen­tial the­o­ry mas­tery they become coach­es of their peers and exe­cute our cap­stone project — gen­er­at­ing real life 10x returns. I hope to find a few entre­pre­neurs and inno­va­tors to put them on an expo­nen­tial tra­jec­to­ry. With the cost decreas­ing and it is eas­i­er to launch star­tups, the oppor­tu­ni­ty is to think big about the poten­tial to accel­er­ate inno­va­tion today.

After com­plet­ing the XMBA, I will offer qual­i­fied lead­ers, teams, and com­pa­nies to par­tic­i­pate with like mind­ed expo­nen­tial lead­ers in a one of a kind Xccel­er­a­tor. So it all starts here now, with the Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry course.

The Great Reset

As I share this vision, I know that the next gen­er­a­tion of great expo­nen­tial lead­ers are out there and if they want 15-years of knowl­edge in less than 1 year, I have cre­at­ed a course for them that will artic­u­late the cul­mi­na­tion of all expo­nen­tial the­o­ry and lead­er­ship the­o­ry into one learn­ing experience.

Cur­rent­ly, I inter­act dai­ly with clients at Glob­al 100 Com­pa­nies work­ing as the Direc­tor of Inno­va­tion with Oxford Lead­er­ship glob­al­ly. My impact takes many forms as I also con­sult, facil­i­tate, coach, work­shop, and deliv­er inno­va­tion sprints with C‑Level Cor­po­rate Lead­ers, Boards, Inno­va­tors, Entre­pre­neurs, Influ­encers, and Move­ment Makers.

Oth­er clients I help see the big­ger pic­ture include Con­gress­peo­ple, Gov­er­nors, May­ors, Police Chiefs, and Sher­iffs through my work at my Foun­da­tion. It has become clear my pur­pose is to help all of my clients (and you) to think big­ger, as our mind­set, beliefs, and atti­tudes are our most lim­it­ing inhibitors to your own suc­cess — whether per­son­al, pro­fes­sion­al or orga­ni­za­tion­al. This course will expand your world view and your vision for your future. If you are an exec­u­tive in a com­pa­ny, this will be the best invest­ment for your team. The entire com­pa­ny will ele­vate think­ing and increase an under­stand­ing of how they can make a big­ger impact on the com­pa­ny, com­mu­ni­ty, and their world.

Beyond the course work, I will be hand select­ing 6 clients annu­al­ly to help them specif­i­cal­ly devel­op their future lead­ers. My first client is Air Floe­Mask, an X‑Prize win­ning sur­gi­cal mask, which my team is cur­rent­ly assist­ing to craft the expo­nen­tial vision to impact doc­tors and den­tists glob­al­ly with their inno­v­a­tive 360 degree air­flow mask, the X95 Mask. This mask began dis­rupt­ing the mask space 2‑years before COVID and now has found itself in a rev­o­lu­tion for doc­tors and den­tists desir­ing a bet­ter solution.

The first step to becom­ing a client and join­ing the expo­nen­tial move­ment costs a mere $249, yet for a lim­it­ed time we are enrolling our first cohort at $49.

For $49, you can become an ear­ly adopter in the move­ment that will change the world, plus get an author’s copy of the book before it’s released, and a guar­an­teed seat in the first Expo­nen­tial The­o­ry online course cohort. If you have read all the way here, you are a good can­di­date to cre­ate an expo­nen­tial future.

We will exam­ine new emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies, busi­ness mod­els, and strate­gies to lever­age in a new dis­rupt­ed world that is being democ­ra­tized to enable the mass­es the best oppor­tu­ni­ty in the his­to­ry of the world to live their dreams!

We will explore phi­los­o­phy, great thinkers, men­tal mod­els, cog­ni­tive bias­es, influ­ences, behav­ioral eco­nom­ics, and accel­er­at­ed change lead­ing to the mas­sive trans­for­ma­tions hap­pen­ing in every area of our lives.

I hope you join me on the jour­ney and engage in the con­ver­sa­tion. If you want to increase the size of your world and make a big­ger impact, tune in.

If not, there is plen­ty of oth­er social media to keep your mind occu­pied while I cre­ate a move­ment of big thinkers.

Thanks for allow­ing me to rein­tro­duce myself, and for hear­ing my plan.

Please join us for just $49 for our pre-sale book and course, and vis­it my web­site to learn more. 

I hope to see you on the oth­er side,

Aaron Bare

Guidely Summit

Luxe Living

Inter­view with CEO of Gen-Next, Michael Davidson

Tijuana Innovadora

Dis­rup­tive Influ­ences: Dig­i­tal Oppor­tu­ni­ties in the Emerg­ing Markets

Wired.com

Mus­lim Rap­pers, ‘Google Ideas’: Inside the Flawed U.S. Cam­paign to Fight Mil­i­tant Memes

Thunderbird Knowledgenet

Thun­der­bird in the News

Phoenix Business Journal

Ari­zona tech com­pa­nies off to Sil­i­con Valley

Service versus Hospitality

Ser­vice ver­sus Hospitality

Google Ideas and Institute for Strategic Dialogue in Cutting Edge Venture

Google Ideas and Insti­tute for Strate­gic Dia­logue in Cut­ting Edge Venture

Inside the minds of Arizona’s Innovators and Entrepreneurs

Inside the minds of Arizona’s Inno­va­tors and Entrepreneurs

Education is Key to Alum’s Success

Edu­ca­tion is Key to Alum’s Success

Indiana Tech News

Excep­tion­al edu­ca­tion leads to extra­or­di­nary entrepreneur

Gen Next Members Participate in Google’s Summit Against Violent Extremism in Dublin, Ireland

Gen Next Mem­bers Par­tic­i­pate in Google’s Sum­mit Against Vio­lent Extrem­ism in Dublin, Ireland

Bevnet

Brand Aspi­ra­tions incubates

40 under 40, The Phoenix Business Journal

40 under 40, The Phoenix Busi­ness Journal

Aaron bare Featured on Total Picture Radio:

Aaron bare Fea­tured on Total Pic­ture Radio

The Story of Buzz and Word of Mouth

The Sto­ry of Buzz and Word of Mouth

InBusiness Magazine

The Entre­pre­neurs Mind

Greater Phoenix Urban League

Greater Phoenix Urban League

Thunderbird Entrepreneur

SOCIAL MEDIA MENTOR

My Thunderbird

New Entre­pre­neur in Residence

How to Start Selling Internationally

How to Start Sell­ing Internationally

My Thunderbird

New Entre­pre­neur in Residence

Impact Magazine

Back to School; The Busi­ness of Edu­ca­tion is Boom­ing in Bad Times

Web Award

Web Award

Social Media for the Entrepreneur

Social Media for the Entrepreneur

Arizona Republic

Google’s depar­ture from Val­ley stirs debate

Web Awards

Career­Tours wins “Stan­dard of Excel­lence” Award

The Relevant Classroom

Explor­ing Career Options

Tech Crunch (CrunchBase)

Career­Tours

Inquirer

Career Noodling

Human Resources

Reach­ing the Pas­sive Candidate

Arizona Republic

List of Entre­pre­neurs under 35

World at Work

Some Com­pa­nies Fail to Com­mu­ni­cate Com­pen­sa­tion Plans

CareerTours nominated to Comerica Arizona Companies to Watch

Career­Tours nom­i­nat­ed to Com­er­i­ca Ari­zona Com­pa­nies to Watch

BizAZ Magazine

SkySong’s Glob­al Goal on the right track

BizAZ Magazine

CEO Aaron Bare select­ed to 35 under 35 Entre­pre­neurs for Arizona

The Webby Awards

Career­Tours select­ed as Offi­cial Hon­oree for “Oscars of the Internet”

Employee Evolution It’s a Great Job Market, So Move Back Home

Employ­ee Evo­lu­tion It’s a Great Job Mar­ket, So Move Back Home

A Storied Career

What It’s Like to Work There, The Video Stories

Human Resource Executive Online

Cre­ative Recruit­ing on the Rise

Arizona Republic

Career­Tours Pro­vid­ing More Job-can­di­­date Services

QuintCareers.com

QuintCareers.com – Web 2.0 Dom­i­nates Trends in Inter­net Job-Hunting

Interbiznet Buglar

A Web 2.0 Recruit­ing Solution

Reuters

Career­Tours launch­es 1000 part­ner sites

RecruitingBlog.com

RecruitingBlog.com – Career­Tours, a New Inter­ac­tive Recruit­ing Website

Arizona Republic

High-pro­­file entre­pre­neurs test new niches

Arizona Republic

Career­Tours to offer video for com­pa­nies’ job boards

Arizona Republic

Tech Start­up gets lift at conference

Killer Startups

CareerTours.com – See Your Job Before You Accept It

PR News

Career­Tours Acquires Dig­i­tal Inter­net Adver­tis­ing Properties

ASU State Press

Still unde­clared? Get online

Jobacle.com

One step clos­er to mar­ry­ing Video and Employment

Internet Bugler

Career­Tours select­ed to Pres­ti­gious Invest­ment Conference

CareerHub

Vir­tu­al Tours of Employers

Springwise Trendwatchers

New Job for Online Video: Recruitment

HR.Com Magazine

Career­Tours in the Spotlight

Talent Management Magazine

Career­Tours bares all, literally

HR Business & Legal Report

Job Boards Embrace Social Net­work­ing and Video

Total Picture Radio, CareerTours Podcast

Word of Mouth Recruiting

Recruiting Trends News

Career­Tours Expands to Reach Pas­sive Candidates

Interbiznet Bugler

Career­Tours Part­ners with Web Lead­ers: Google, MySpace….

Interbiznet Bugler

Career­Tours Acquires Inter­est in Workblast

Podango

Career­Tours Announced Part­ner­ship with MySpace

Talent Management Magazine

Career­Tours Announces Cross-Post­ing with Google

Online Recruitment Magazine

Career­Tours has Announced Big Partnerships

Recruiting Trends News

Video Resume Por­tal Launches

Wall Street Journal

Increased col­lab­o­ra­tion

Phoenix Business Journal

Star­bucks, oth­er perks keep Jobing.com employ­ees happy

Organize‑U

Organize‑U High­lights Aaron Bare

Marketing Profs

SWOT Team: Asks Will CAN-SPAM Make List Bro­kers Obsolete?

Oth­er arti­cles have appeared in the Wall Street Jour­nal, Read­ers Digest, Essence Mag­a­zine, Jour­nal News, Pow­er Bro­ker Mag­a­zine, Sell­ing Pow­er, and Sales and Mar­ket­ing Management.

What People are saying
  • Aaron Bare developed a Custom Disruptive Workshop for Coca-Cola’s Largest Cross-Functional customer team.  This 3-day program included disruptive innovation sessions, how best to organize disruption, and used change to align the entire team on accountabilities & goals that would drive results. He was able to disrupt the way the organization was traditionally thinking by introducing several techniques that will enable the team to become change agents, while deploying several new meaningful projects that will drive the team’s collaboration, team strengths, and focus based on the customer & Coca-Cola’s objectives. He provided an environment that allowed our associates to understand the speed of change, the skills & capabilities required to be an integral part of our customer’s growth, and gained the alignment of the team to commit to each other to be their ‘best’.    It was a huge home run for our team and the outside thinking was just what we needed….
    Cathy Horgan
    VP, The McDonald’s Division, USA
    The Coca-Cola Company
  • I highly recommend Aaron Bare and Buzzmouth for your marketing needs. They are fun to work with and really go the extra mile to make sure you have what you need, on time and on budget!   I will definitely hire Aaron’s team at Buzzmouth in the future!
    Sara Decker
    Director
    Turning Pointe Wealth Management
  • Your presentation amazed me. The whole time you really had me at the edge of my seat.  Aaron I know that you mentioned that you wanted to be surrounded by people that don’t want to live life just as it is. If there is anyway I could become one of those people in mentorship, or helping in any area. Your talk impressed me and to have even a few moments of your time would help me 10x. The two hour presentation has already boosted me 100 times more than I would have been.
    Dylan
    Startup Entrepreneur
  • Thanks for the seminar today at BLS! Some very interesting ideas on how technology can/will change the legal profession.
    Jed Bernstein
    JD Candidate
    Brooklyn School of Law
  • Aaron Bare’s insightful intellect helps audiences better understand the disruptive nature of social media and the negative and positive impacts on their lives.  His insights allow them to leave with a deeper understanding of the challenges they face in these rapidly changing times and the tools and resources necessary to not only compete, but succeed!
    Jeff McKeever
    CEO
    MicroAge and WPO Disruption Chair
  • I have had the pleasure to know Aaron for several years and finally see him at work providing expert guidance and services to one of my businesses. His knowledge and expertise is unsurpassed and he is very enjoyable to work with on a project.
    Tom Fulcher
    The Idea Gardener LLC
  • Aaron Bare, in one word ~ brilliant. He has already proven time after time he can create, grow, and turnaround businesses generating millions in long term revenue and relationships. He truly thrives on taking one genius idea, organizing a plan, and focusing on execution — all while changing the world!
    T.J. Loftus
    Biz dev, internet marketing consultant, web entrepreneur
  • I had the opportunity to work with Aaron on multiple projects during our EMBA program. Aaron immediately stood out as an individual with innovative ideas, exemplary business acumen, and a great knowledge of social media. Aaron has always taken the time to share his wealth of knowledge with the members of our class and has inspired the creation of entrepreneurial ventures because of it. I highly recommend Aaron Bare.
    Robert Vega
    Marketing/Digital Strategy Consultant
    Southwest Kidney Institute
  • As a marketing major, I always think about how I can utilize both my business degree and the law degree, and your lecture opened my eyes to things I never considered before. Thank you!
    Sangduk Simon Lee
    Student
    Lewis & Clark University
  • Just attended a motivating lecture from @aaronbare at BLS. The legal world needs to innovate and keep pace with technology!
    Kristen Dufour
    JD Candidate
    Brooklyn School of Law
  • It was such a pleasure meeting and hearing you speak on Thursday at the ASU event about pitching and all of the little elements that truly make a difference when doing so.
    Claudia
    Student
    Arizona State University
  • Aaron Bare’s presentation about the dynamics of the marketplace and our potential as entrepreneurs opened an entirely new set of possibilities for us. Welded to legal theory, we too easily forget about the reality of business and the dynamics beyond the staid examples of our hypotheticals. Law cannot possibly keep up with changes in technologies and global markets. Success will require vigilance for opportunities and a tolerance for risk. Mr. Bare’s fresh presentation breathed fresh thought into our law school, a perspective we direly needed.
    Nicholas Chidiac
    President
    Federalist Society, George Washington University
  • Aaron has strategic cunning and great business acumen. His leadership skills are his most obvious strength.
    Jack Wu
  • Aaron’s presentation was intriguing and thought-provoking.  He provided a unique perspective of the future of the legal profession and the impact that technology has had, and will continue to have, in shaping the way attorneys practice law.
    Aaron Boothby
    Federal Society President
    University of Akron
  • Aaron Bare was a great value partner in our recent name change and marketing efforts. He gave us an agenda to follow with timelines as well, to get our project done. We think Aaron Bare is the type of person that everyone would enjoy working with, as well as learning from his vast experience and great wealth of knowledge.
    Marsha Bare
    President/CEO
    CENTERLINE Federal Credit Union
  • I have known Aaron for almost 15 years and he is one of the most dedicated people I have ever worked with. Aaron is focused on building mutually beneficial partnerships and has an exceptional business mind. He also has wide experience in evaluating human performance and has become a leader in this area.
    Mike Reed
    Meeting Consultant
    InterCall
  • Aaron is the perennial entrepreneur. His ability to generate new ideas and processes was instrumental and inspirational while we worked together. He and I became good friends because of his great work ethic, exceptional demeanor and incredibly enthusiastic attitude towards work and life. I learned quite a bit from Aaron in the short time we were colleagues and I look forward to learning more from him as a friend in the future.
    David Gallello
    Senior IT, Operations and Marketing Expert
  • I invited Aaron to present to a ‘C’ Level group of executives on Disruption and its impact on business models and leadership. He succeeded in making a number of us uncomfortable with both the speed and scope of change across a broad swath of hard product and digital verticals.  Aaron was knowledgeable, engaging, balanced and gave our group many compelling examples of the forces driving business model challenges, along with some solutions derived from creative adaptation. Fast decisions, trial and error pivots and business model changes (while also limiting the risks of huge bets), along with technologies ‘simplifying’ force offered important insights for our group and particularly powerful takeaways.
    Bruce Black
    M&A Advisor
    Fox & Fin Financial Group
  • Though some of the information I have heard before, most of your workshop was newly found knowledge which I am implementing right away. A) I practiced a “question” approach with a potential new customer today, and B) I have made a conscious effort, and have been successful, in not using “but, can’t, or try” even once today. I constantly read/hear successful people saying how their mentors have been instrumental in their success (this is where I would normally use “but”), I have yet to find my mentor. I would love to continue our conversation and explore the opportunity of you becoming my mentor. The refreshing difference that I noticed in your approach is that you have practical advice and suggestions, unlike my experience with business coaches who have a great conceptual ideas. Please let me know what would be the next step for us to proceed.
    Inna
    Startup Entrepreneur
  • I just wanted to say thank-you again for speaking at the event at McGeorge School of Law on Monday. I had excellent feedback from students who were encouraged by your presentation. These days especially, law school can become an environment where discussions about careers become dreary, discouraging, and full of doomsday predictions. It was exciting to see students energized about what they can accomplish and how to accomplish it. I am sure future leaders of the Federalist Society at McGeorge would love to welcome you back.
    Courtney Martin
    President
    Federalist Society at McGeorge
  • Aaron has the ability to take a complex subject (social media) and break it down to understandable terms (for a 50 year old). I respect not only his expertise in social media but the fact that he brings a wealth of experience from the staffing industry – he “gets” what Duffy does and is effectively massaging the language so potential customers will understand immediately what recruiting research is.
    Kathryn Duffy
    Duffy Group
  • There are very few actual movers and shakers with a vested interest in the Phoenix community who have a solid intelligent background and grasp on business at a high level. Aaron is one of those rare individuals. I met Aaron many years ago on a plane and was impressed from the start. I have had the pleasure of working with him throughout the years on projects, and have also had clients and colleagues who have had the same pleasure with amazing results. Aaron is top notch!
    Amanda Vega
    Social Media, PR, and Compliance Nerd with 20 years experience. CEO, Published Author, Professional Speaker
  • I recommend Aaron highly, and especially appreciate his ability communicate effectively and to find positive solutions to some of my business challenges.
    Valerie Simpson
    Small Business Consultant, Efficiency & Productivity Consultant
  • JD’s may be better entrepreneurs than MBA’s.  The talk by Aaron Bare re: entrepreneurial opportunities in the law was motivating!
    Alden Hinds
    JD candidate
  • Aaron spoke to a global growth conference for the Russian Science Technology and Education Center and was extremely effective in communicating his ideas about marketing online. I enjoyed his fresh take on internet searching and how to prepare online information both to be found and to impress the right audience.
    Doug Bruhnke
    CEO
    Growth Nation and The Global Chamber
  • Aaron was employed by our Credit Union Board of Directors to assist in the process of choosing a new name for our organization.  We were evaluating 3 different organizations to assist in this process and choose Complete Strategies. He was very professional and knowledgeable in all facets of the process. I would highly recommend him his work to others.
    Don Bregin
    Principal
    First Data Independent Sales Electronic Payment Services
  • Buzz Mouth! What can I say! Aaron Bare has molded Buzz Mouth into THE cutting edge entity for helping businesses and individuals breakthrough and occupy the space they covet by delivering the right message at the right time with the right tool to targeted audiences. Buzz Mouth has harnessed a unique mix of social media, brand positioning and collaborative consulting which is unmatched by others in the business arena today. Aaron and Buzz Mouth were invaluable in helping to put Brand Aspirations on the map. Why wait for 2020, when you can be there now with Aaron and Buzz Mouth!
    Stephen F. Horgan
    CEO
    Founder Brand Aspirations
  • Aaron provided me a great overview of products to help me in my career and provide additional contacts I was looking for. Aaron was very easy to work with and extremely responsive on all issues!
    Michael Dendinger
    Senior Manager, Strategic Supplier Management
    NuVasive
  • Aaron is a truly innovative, high energy entrepreneur. He has a great grasp of how to own and grow businesses coupled with a kindred spirit for commerce. I look forward to working with him again in the near future.
    Kyle Stanton
    EE, MBA, President
    Titus Innovations Inc.
  • Thank you for making this understandable and actionable. Enjoyed the evening.
    Stephanie
    Startup Entrepreneur
  • Aaron is focused on the needs of the client, delivering what was promised or more. He is consistent and innovative. He works hard to present the client in a way that is both distinguishing and exemplar.
    Rebecca MacTavish
  • Aaron is a big picture thinker, who thrives on creating new ideas and cutting edge technologies. He has the unique ability to also relate these concepts to others with both passion and ease.   I’m always happy to work on projects with Aaron and Buzz Mouth – he fosters a fast-paced and innovative environment.
    Laura Fursman
    Executive Assistant, Blogger, Artist
  • In August, 2012, Aaron Bare presented and facilitated a dialogue on “Disruption Influences on Leadership and Innovation” to our annual corporate strategic planning retreat.  Aaron’s presentation style is comfortable and conversational, yet provocative and stimulating.  His interaction with our team left us full of ideas, and wanting more!  Our firm is committed to deploying our “energy and ideas for a better world”.  Aaron talked about how “disruption is innovative leaders being the change they see in the world.”  We have embraced his ideas and are using them to bring as we seek to inspire positive social change and create a better world. We highly endorse Aaron as an outstanding presenter, thinker, entrepreneur, and innovator.
    Richard Tollefson
    President
    The Phoenix Philanthropy Group
  • Aaron Bare and JobingTV have been instrumental in the recruitment efforts at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Their outstanding ability to present the St. Joseph’s spirit in each of our Jobing TV segments has been phenomenal.
    De Anne Russell
    SPHR, Manager – Arizona Service Area Talent Acquisition and Employment Branding
    Dignity Health
  • Aaron is a true networker. He is continuously striving to connect people for mutual benefit in a friendly and positive way. His efforts extend the people he works with and creates new opportunities for many. I am happy to have Aaron Bare in my personal and business network.
    Bill Gluth
    Creative Thinking for Exceptional Businesses
  • Comments about Aaron Bare’s presentation have become viral on our campus. The students quickly and easily identified with him. The faculty and staff have continued to discuss his talking points with the students. The campus is in full buzz with phrases and descriptions that include: ‘Inspiring’ ‘Motivational’ ‘A career maker’ ‘I can’t stop thinking about his comments’ ‘I will be an entrepreneur’ Aaron is THE Entrepreneurial MAN!
    Dr. Jeffrey Walls
    SPHR
    Indiana Institute of Technology
  • Aaron redefines time and energy every day. He has the ability to implement when others are just thinking about reading more on an idea. He is a true pioneer that has courage and spirit to venture into the unknown; it is these qualities that make him a superb entrepreneur and leader. I have had the pleasure of working with Aaron on many projects in our MBA and now continue to work with him on mobile business applications. In addition to his boundless energy for creation he sees connections between social networking, marketing and sales that drive efficiencies in turning leads into customers. I would say that he is a genius in the social marketing area.
    Shawn Seaton
    MBA, Strategic IT thinker and implementer who solves complex application, infrastructure, people or project issues
  • Aaron is a dedicated professional who truly understands the concept of serving and not just selling. It’s rare to find someone who “gets it” and then “lives it”
    Rick Stoddard
    Managing Partner, Performance Plus, LLC & Chief Coaching Officer, VP & Regional General Manager
    Process Corporation, Rocky Mountain Region
  • Aaron helped Simply Servers develop hiring strategies that helped us recruit quality employees for our unique business model. Then he paired that with the newly formed Jobing TV segment without his help and the help of the Jobing.com team. Aaron is a great at making connections and solidifying relationships!
    Bonnie Bauman
    Operations Manager
    Kool Party Rentals
  • Aaron Bare’s presentation spoke to the technological push in every industry and the need for lawyer’s to adapt, encouraging participant’s to consider new issues, and move the legal field into the technological age.  Aaron’s unique perspective and forward thinking approach throw participant’s into the chaos of disruptive influences, bringing it full circle by introducing new and innovative ways of considering technology and the legal field.
    James Devereaux
    President
    Federalist Society Chapter, William & Mary School of Law
  • Mr. Bare came to Florida International University to speak about entrepreneurship generally, and how to be disruptive in the legal field.  By disruptive, he meant changing how things are done in the legal field and learning how to capitalize on those changes. The most important thing that I took from Mr. Bare’s presentation was that it is vital to become an expert in something.  Really, it is less important what that something is, just so long as you are an expert somewhere.  From there, all that remains is to find out how to capitalize on that expertise.  Essentially, Mr. Bare helped us realize that no matter what you are an expert in, somebody somewhere will need that expertise.  Therein lay opportunity. Overall, I thought Mr. Bare was fantastic.  He is among the more interesting speakers we have had the opportunity to host this academic year.
    Philip Howard
    Federal Society President
    Florida International University
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