Larry Broughton is an award-winning entrepreneur and CEO, bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and former Special Forces Operator. As a former US Army Staff Sergeant, serving 8 years on Special Forces A-Teams (commonly known as the Green Berets), Larry has parlayed the lessons learned from his time in service to his country and applied them to the business arena attaining extraordinary success.

He is the Founder & CEO of Broughton Hotels (www.BroughtonHotels.com), a leader in the boutique hotel industry; as well as Co-Founder & CEO of Broughton Advisory (www.BroughtonAdvisory.com), a strategic vision, elite team building, and transformational leadership training company. Larry has received several business awards, including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year®, the National Veteran-Owned Business Association’s Vetrepreneur® of the Year, Coastline Foundation’s Visionary of the Year, Passkeys Foundation’s Leaders of Integrity and Entrepreneur Magazine included his firm on their Hot 500 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies.

Larry addressed so much. His insights ranged from mindset to how fear and failure are actually healthy and nurture learning and growth. He cited the importance of and encouraged having: a sense of adventure as an entrepreneur; a strong belief in one's vision; undying resolve for your passions, commitments and goals; mentors and accountability partners and; competence and confidence - all of which contribute to success. He made clear the importance of using one's strengths, being both authentic and transparent; and doing what it is you're great at - to yield clarity and live a successfully integrated, holistic life. So much wisdom...so little time to learn from Larry. My personal take-aways from the conversation: "Do good things!" and "Don't let the guilt of the past define you. Let it refine you."