Authors discuss Silicon Valley’s top tech mentor, Bill Campbell

The business executive and mentor led companies such as Google, Apple and Intuit

Authors Eric Schmidt, Alan Eagle and Jonathan Rosenberg with Karin Copeland, CEO of Create X Change, at the book launch for "Trillion Dollar Coach," at Philadelphia Film Center, April 15, 2019.
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Bill Campbell, the business executive and mentor who led companies such as Google, Apple and Intuit, and who quietly guided many of Silicon Valley’s top tech leaders including Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Sheryl Sandberg, was the focus of a new book and talk at the Philadelphia Film Center.

On Monday, April 15, Create X Change and PACT hosted tech executives and authors Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle, discussed their book, "Trillion Dollar Coach," which contains over 80 interviews with mentees of “the coach." 

Schmidt, Rosenberg and Eagle also presented Campbell’s essential lessons for success which helped them in their careers. Create X Change's goal is to be a curator of creative classes and events brought to Philadelphia to spur conversation and coopetition in the innovation the community.

HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceAsh Pendse of WinWire Technologies, Keyur Shah, COO of Create X Change and Natasha Baschi at the Create X Change book launch for “Trillion Dollar Coach,” at Philadelphia Film Center, April 15, 2019.

HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceGeoff Walker and Tami Fratis at the Create X Change book launch for “Trillion Dollar Coach,” at Philadelphia Film Center, April 15, 2019.


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HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceMaria Shelton, founder and CEO at Ardian Group Inc., Heidi Palalay, SVP of Ardian Group, Inc. and Luzette Lehman of In Lehman's Terms LLC, at the Create X Change book launch for “Trillion Dollar Coach,” at Philadelphia Film Center, April 15, 2019.

HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceTsehaitu Abye of Rec Philly, Troy Davis and Terence Davis of DMG and The Culture, at the Create X Change book launch for “Trillion Dollar Coach,” at the Philadelphia Film Center, April 15, 2019.

HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceLynn Schwartz of Schawartz Consulting and Britt Brouse of Tempest at the Create X Change book launch for “Trillion Dollar Coach,” at the Philadelphia Film Center, April 15, 2019.