What a company needs more than anything else from its leaders is optimism and energy. Pessimism and criticism are easy. A true leader comes into a situation and brings clarity, generates energy and solves over-constrained problems. These three things measure a leader.Brendan King is the Co-founder and CEO of Vendasta. Vendasta is the #1 platform for selling digital solutions to small business. Vendasta believes in local businesses. Vendasta sees that they are getting Starbucked, Amazoned and Walmarted to death. Local businesses simply lack the tools expertise to compete. Vendasta is changing that. It's technology platform, combined with best of breed software vendors and the brand and expertise of a local media company, agency or vertical partner that the small business knows and trusts, provides small business with the tools and expertise they need to succeed. Intense, boisterous, imaginative. Brendan King, CEO of Vendasta is the innovative force of the company. Brendan has built a fantastic team of 260 and growing Vendastians and is committed to finding the best and brightest. It’s his ability to look at the big picture while maintaining quality on the finest details that ensures Vendasta’s success. ”Before founding VendAsta, Brendan served as COO and a Director of Point2 Realty solutions. From 2002 through 2007 Brendan was the visionary and entrepreneurial driving force behind Point2 Agent, growing its membership to over 165,000 agents and brokers in 85 countries. In 2007, he was named one of the '100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders' by Inman News. Brendan also served as Point2 Technologies Director of Marketing from 2000 to 2002. Brendan founded and sold two successful computer retailing operations. Delron Computers (1990-1995) and CompuSmart (1995-2000), the later of which was franchised nationally across Canada. Brendan also worked for Cameco Corporation as a Geophysicist and holds an Advanced Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Saskatchewan.Those of you who are familiar with Brendan will know that his laugh is frequent, infectious and identifiable in a room of 200 people.Specialties: INMAN News 2007 ‘Top 100 Most Influential Leaders in Real Estate