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From 5 Employees to a $250M Exit: Leadership Lessons Behind Scaling Sojern

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​About the Event

​What does it really take to grow a company from a 5-person startup to a global powerhouse with 600+ employees and a $250 million exit?

​Join us for an authentic, high-impact conversation with Chad Reelfs, founding employee at Sojern, led by business strategist Joey Fehrman.

​Pulling back the curtain on Sojern’s expansion, Chad will share the practical wins, hard-earned lessons, and inevitable mistakes made while scaling a high-growth business and sustaining a winning culture.

​Whether you're a founder, entrepreneur, or business leader, this session offers a blueprint for navigating hyper-growth, developing people, and achieving success without compromising your core values.

​What We’ll Cover

  • ​Scaling Sojern: Behind-the-scenes insights into growing from an early-stage startup to 600+ global employees, culminating in a $250M exit in 2025.

  • ​Mentorship as a Growth Engine: Why developing future leaders is essential to scaling, grounded in insights from Chad’s book, Become the Mentor You Wish You Had: A Blueprint for Mentorship.

  • ​Leading Different: How to excel on the front stage while thriving on the backstage.

  • ​Building a Lasting Legacy: The driving force behind Lead Different, a leadership community focused on impact beyond the bottom line.

​Interactive Scaling Q&A

​Bring your growth bottlenecks! During the Q&A, share the biggest scaling challenges you're currently facing and both Chad and Joey will help you troubleshoot and brainstorm actionable solutions live.


​About the Speaker

​Chad Reelfs is a founding employee at Sojern, where he helped scale the business from 5 employees to over 600 worldwide, culminating in a $250 million exit in 2025. Today, he is a leadership speaker, author, and founder of Lead Different, dedicated to helping leaders grow their impact, develop others through mentorship, and build legacies that last.

Location
Elevator Co-Warehousing
1402 Jones St, Omaha, NE 68102, USA
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A week-long celebration of startups and entrepreneurship happening across Nebraska from November 16-21, 2026.
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