The Compound Effect In Business
The Founder 100
100 Leaders. One Enduring Legacy.
Exceptional business leaders permanently recognized in Darren Hardy's The Compound Effect In Business.
Established 2026
Some names are written in history.
For 16 years, leaders around the world asked Darren Hardy how the principles of The Compound Effect apply to building a business.
The answer became The Compound Effect In Business.
Before its first printing, 100 places were set aside inside the book itself.
Not merely as readers.But as Founders.
Their names. In print. Their legacy.
Not just in the book.Part of its history.
Each member of the Founder 100 is permanently recognized by name in a dedicated spread of the first edition of The Compound Effect In Business.
Illustrative layout. The final spread is designed with the book.
The Founder 100
The Inaugural Class
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The class closes at one hundred.
A place in the Founder 100 comes with the Founder edition of the first printing:
- 100 hardcovers of The Compound Effect In Business, delivered months before the public launch
- Your name printed in the Founder 100 spread of the first edition
- Your photo and profile in the Hall of Founders on TheCompoundEffect.com
Plus a leatherbound collector's edition of the original The Compound Effect (10th Anniversary), signed and numbered by Darren. One of only 500.
$995100 positions open
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Be theException.
Exceptional businesses are not built by accident.
They are the result of decisions, disciplines, standards, and actions compounded over time.
The Founder 100 recognizes leaders who have chosen to pursue that standard.
A Note to the Founders
To the Founder 100,
When I wrote The Compound Effect, I could never have imagined the impact it would have around the world.
Sixteen years later, The Compound Effect In Business goes to print, and your name goes with it, in its very first edition.
You made that decision before the first printing, while others waited to see what this book would become. That is what the exception does. It moves first.
Your name will forever be part of this book's history. But what matters most is what it represents: a leader committed to building an exceptional business, and to becoming the exception in your market, your organization and your industry.
This next chapter is yours, too.
Be The Exception,
Darren Hardy
100 Names.100 Stories.One Legacy.