Mark Ford is an entrepreneur and author of several best-selling books. He is Chief Growth Strategist at Agora Publishing, where he oversaw a climb in readership from about 100,000 to more than 3 million, and a growth in revenues from $8 million to more than $1 billion. Since 2000, he has focused on writing for Agora, John Wiley & Sons, and on his blog markford.net.