I believe that Faith, Passion, Integrity, Humor, and the right Partners are the keys to successfully growing a high performance team or company. Having spent time in various industries, I have a broad deep entrepreneurial experience. I have earned a Masters Degree in the school of hard knocks where I have taken many positives from having achieved several business accomplishments and having made mistakes; these have added tremendous value to my partners, companies, employees and professional network. In the capacity of Principle, operator or adviser in business, my talents succeed in; planning and positioning management needs, culture-changing quality initiatives, sourcing and negotiating funding and exits, understanding leverage from a financial, political and social perspective, developing business strategies through competitive intelligence and quality improvement. Mr. Ford is a graduate of the University of Johannesburg. He speaks several languages having lived and worked across the globe. Mr. Ford played six years as a professional rugby player in South Africa and Italy including the Tri-Nation Super 12 and European Cup competitions where he earned endorsement contracts with Nike, Adidas, and Mizuno. He also played in the Currie Cup Competition and represented South Africa in two age group World Cups.In an effort to promote genuine networks, I currently only connect with people on LinkedIn that I've met in "real" life or work with directly (albeit virtually).Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Business Start-ups, Fund Raising, Joint Ventures, Private Placements, Venture Capital, Due Diligence Analysis, Managed Futures, Business Solutions