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Life's most important lessons hold true in business, too.
Brian Hamilton is the chairman and co-founder of Sageworks. He is the original architect of Sageworks' artificial intelligence platform, FIND. He has dedicated his life to bringing greater clarity to financial statements and to increasing financial literacy among businesses. Hamilton regularly leads discussions on private company performance, the financial strength of companies preparing for an IPO and entrepreneurship in major business and financial news outlets such as CNBC and The Wall Street Journal.
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