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COMING SOON · DECEMBER 2026

The Founder’s DNA.

Your company carries your imprint.
What will you leave behind?

A book by Darren Gardner about the beliefs, decisions, and behaviors that give a business its identity—and how to make them last.

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For the founders building something worth carrying forward.

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01 / THE BOOK

A company can survive.
Will its soul?

You built more than a business.
You shaped a way of doing things.

Founders shape a business through thousands of choices: what deserves attention, how people are treated, and what a promise to a customer means in practice.

The Founder’s DNA asks how to recognize that imprint and turn it into something leaders and teams can carry forward through growth, delegation, and change.

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FROM IMPRINT TO WHAT COMES NEXT

Built by you.
Carried by others.

Darren Gardner, author, founder and business coach
THE PERSON BEHIND THE BOOKDarren Gardner

Founder. Coach. Advisor.

02 / MEET DARREN

A founder’s experience.
A coach’s perspective.

What happens to the best of a business when its founder steps back?

Darren founded TeksInc in 2003 and sold it in 2019. That transition sharpened a question that now guides his work: how can founders help the best of what they built live on without them?

Today he helps leaders clarify priorities, strengthen their teams, and put strategy into practice.

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A QUICK FOUNDER’S DNA REFLECTION

What still depends on you?

Six questions to start a conversation about the imprint you want your company to carry forward. Your answers are not sent to us. You can download a copy of your result.

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Question 1 of 6

01Can your team make important day-to-day decisions without waiting for you?

02Do people across the company describe its values through the same everyday behaviors?

03Would a customer receive the same standard of care if you were away for a month?

04Can leaders explain why the company makes its most important trade-offs?

05Do your leaders develop other people to carry the work forward?

06Have you discussed what should endure if your role or ownership changes?

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COMING DECEMBER 2026

A book for you.
Or the founder in your life.

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Release is planned for December 2026. Final cover, ordering details, and Christmas delivery have not been confirmed.

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SPEAKING & CONVERSATIONS

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Darren speaks with founders and leadership teams about the decisions that shape a company and the work of carrying its identity forward.

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What should your company carry forward?

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Darren Gardner

Founder · Coach · Advisor

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