Arlan Hamilton sat down with Dean Forbes, the CEO of billion dollar tech company Forterro.
In the fourth episode of "Our America: In the Black Conversations," Dean Forbes talks about how he went from homelessness to being the CEO of billion dollar tech company Forterro
In the fourth episode of "Our America: In The Black Conversations With Arlan Hamilton," Forbes talks about his enterprise, Forterro. The company sells business software products and services and was recently sold to another company, Oracle, for a billion dollars. Outside of his business, Forterro mentors people with similar backgrounds through his other organization, Forbes Family Group.
"I think people ought to have a craft of some kind, and some people's craft is their influence, their charm, their personality," he said. "Some people's core craft is more kind of technical and scientific, and mine was sales. It was a little bit more art and a touch of science, and I was able to improve my ability to... understand people, communicate with people, understand what you need out of something.
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