Everything you need to put Eric Hardy in the program.

Eric Hardy is a founder, former board chairman, and author who speaks to two audiences about the same problem: what it takes to build something that lasts. For young entrepreneurs, that means the hard part after the first milestone. Revenue growth rarely stalls for lack of ideas. It stalls for lack of structure. For established leaders and boards, it means governing growth, capital, and emerging AI risk before those risks show up in the results. In both settings, Eric's talks are candid, practical, and built on real numbers rather than motivation.

His perspective comes from three decades on both sides of the table. In 1995, Eric and three partners began hand-coding websites and driving from city to city to pitch clients face to face. That venture grew into a national AI, data, and workforce solutions firm serving Fortune 500 healthcare systems, insurers, and financial institutions. As founder and CEO, he has led the company to more than $800 million in lifetime revenue, earning 11 consecutive Inc. 5000 honors and the 2024 NMSDC National Supplier of the Year award. Alongside that operating career, Eric has more than 20 years of governance experience at Henry Ford Health, including service as Chairman of the Henry Ford Hospital and Physician Network Board. There he helped guide a major financial turnaround and oversaw the $2.2 billion Destination Grand campus development. He serves on the NMSDC Executive Committee and is a former Chairman of the National Business League.

For emerging entrepreneurs, Eric shares the framework behind his forthcoming book, Breaking the Entrepreneur's Ceiling, the first volume in the Blueprint Library series. It covers how to test whether an offer is viable, how to price it so growth doesn't erode margins, and how to scale past $1 million without burning out. For seasoned executives and board members, he focuses on growth strategy, fiduciary oversight, and AI governance. He speaks from direct experience advising healthcare and financial services organizations as automation moves from pilot to production. Whether the room is full of founders or directors, he brings the same thing: earned judgment and a formula they can put to work.