By his own admission, Richard Hearn
has had his hand in enough muddled businesses to know what he’s doing.
With the nerves required for his previous
stint as a Formula 1 powerboat racer running through his body, Hearn has just never
quite been able to get the hang of working
for somebody else. Instead, he’s a self-motivated entrepreneur who has created startup after start-up and watched the things
that can happen. And, oh, the things he’s
seen. He’s dealt with everything from a
company that couldn’t sustain any growth
to a technology company that was a huge
hit before the dot-com bust came and fizzled even more after he sold it off to a woefully undermanaged buyer.
But the racer lives on in Hearn, who is
the founder and CEO of Crown Partners
LLC, and, though he’s happy to be going
for another entrepreneurial ride, he’s
more protective of his hard-earned success. He took on his latest challenge
with Crown, which provides innovative,
line-of-business solutions based in enterprise software and platform utilities, and
the company is growing quite quickly.
With an innovative model that combines
software engineering and service professionals, Hearn is driving the company’s
focus on scalability and long-term profitability. But, today, Hearn turns down
venture capitalists and other investors
looking to jump on board, and instead,
he carefully manages his company’s
organic growth. Rather than letting anyone else spoil his latest success, he
focuses on the company’s infrastructure
to build growth that is solid and sustainable.
HOW TO REACH: Crown Partners LLC, (937) 723-2300 or
www.crownpartners.com
