Driven & Co.

Parlaying Early Experiences and Contacts into Future Success

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Synopsis

In this episode, host Justin Gray, CEO and founder of LeadMD, talks to Brian Provost VP of digital strategy at Define Media Group, about how he accidentally stumbled upon his first business and parlayed that into the success he has achieved today. What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a lot of things. There was a period where I wanted to be an attorney, a race car driver, a Green Beret... You graduated from Texas A&M, what was your major? I had a double major in finance and accounting. I always kind of felt that there was this entrepreneurial or business focus that I've always been interested in, and those just felt like the best way to learn the inner workings of how business actually works. Were there any main influences at the college level that drove you in a certain direction? Texas A&M had one of the more impressive early internet labs. Much to my GPA's chagrin, I would spend a lot of time just screwing around in the internet lab. What happened after you graduated? My first bu