

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