Bill Sedgwick on Entrepreneurship, the American West, and Ultra Commerce

Matthew McQueeny

07 Jan 2025 — 1 min read

Duration: 53:55

Episode Notes

Bill Sedgwick is President - Americas and Chief Development Officer at Ultra Commerce. In this episode, Bill talks about a peripatetic childhood as part of a military family, lessons from living and traveling to different places, Denver, aspirations of being a businessman, Colorado State University, career progression, Hawaii, an immersive travel experience in Australia, teaching volleyball, sales in the early internet age, Mapquest, becoming an entrepreneur, Oregon and the outdoors, hobbies of fishing, paddleboarding, and agate hunting, work-life balance, PinnacleCart, Acquisition by Ultra Commerce, Phoenix, and much more!

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