Tough Mudder is not a race It's a challenge Unlike other endurance events Tough Mudder encourages team spirit The course's design forces you to seek help from others & with twenty obstacles forty tons of ice & five hundred thousand litres of Grade-A mud set over ten to twelve miles you're going to need it This revival of community is the key to the company's success In It Takes a Tribe co-founder & CEO Will Dean explores the mental physical & social principles behind the experience & reveals how he built a global tribe Arguing for clear principles bravery & persistence Dean shows a new generation of entrepreneurs why it's important to create a brand that people identify with & love It Takes a Tribe is the astonishing inside story of Tough Mudder & a textbook for anyone looking to start a business or find more followers' Gripping
- reveals what it takes to stand by your values' ADAM GRANT Wharton professor & bestselling author of Originals & co-author of Option BWill Dean is co-founder & CEO of Tough Mudder Will was included in Fortune's '40 Under 40' list & received the US National EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Emerging Award He was born in the UK & is a graduate of the University of Bristol & Harvard Business School Prior to founding Tough Mudder he worked as a counter-terrorism officer at the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office He divides his time between London & New York