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Dan Futrell
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Building Polymath University – a new school that will graduate leaders with range.
Former elected school board, nonprofit CEO, Army vet.

www.polymathu.org
So is this the end of Elon’s Make-a-Wish time as POTUS? Will shareholders force him to do his day job again?

Seems like running a car company (and a rocket destruction company) should maybe be bigger than a side hustle.

#elonmusk #tesla
April 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
“At the end of the day [crypto and blockchain technology] has to be really boring. When’s the last time you got excited about a utility?” – Mark Daly of @ZeroHashX at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#ptls22 #tillmanscholar
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
“I think blockchain has the potential to be the underlying technology for so much and we won’t even know it.” – 2021 Tillman Scholar Jo Unruh, and founder of @NiftyLitMag, on the future of blockchain at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#ptls22 #tillmanscholar
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” – 2018 Tillman Scholar Alex Pruden on the nascent crypto / blockchain industry, at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#tillmanscholar #plts22
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
“I’ve heard ‘No’ a lot in my life and all it’s told me is that I asked the wrong person.” 2018 Tillman Scholar Natasha Ryan at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#ptls22 #tillmanscholar
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
“COVID didn’t exacerbate inequality as much as it exposed it.” 2020 Tillman Scholar @darismcinnis on the state of education today at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#ptls2022 #tillmanscholar
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Applications to be a 2022 Tillman Scholar are open February 1-28! Learn more about the @pattillmanfnd's #Tillman cholars Program, including how to apply: Learn more:
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
So excited to be able to safely welcome our guests, scholars, investors, and our broader community to #TillmanHonors 2021 in 1 hour where we’ll be honoring #TillmanScholars’ efforts in Afghanistan, and Fawzia Koofi, the first female Deputy Speaker of Afghan Parliament.
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
“Tillman Scholars just get shit done.” 2012 Tillman Scholar @KateHoit on the #DigitalDunkirk effort among #TillmanScholars to evacuate and resettle Afghan allies. #TillmanHonors
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
“This is the spirit of America. The spirit of America lies in its lion-hearted people.” – 2021 Tillman Scholar Junaid Lughmani @theyankee33, discussing the effort among Tillman Scholars to evacuate & resettle Afghan allies dubbed Digital Dunkirk. #tillmanscholars #digitaldunkirk
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
First day in my adult life that the United States isn’t at war.

And yet…

It doesn’t feel like we are at peace either.

#afghanistan #gwot #war
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
What do we do @PatTillmanFnd? We find and develop leaders, and we amplify their impact.

Application open now through Feb 28 for vets and milspouses furthering their education and committed to service.

Join our #TillmanScholar community. http:
November 20, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Role-based leadership is not nearly as important or effective as influence-based leadership.

This and other topics - like developing leadership in the same way you'd train for a marathon - on the @AboveLeadership podcast with Travis Crutcher.

@pattillmanfnd #leadership
November 20, 2024 at 12:58 AM
“The DOD budget is $800 billion dollars. You don’t have the money [to support veterans with burnpit injuries]?? Are you kidding me?? Make ten less F-35s and we’re done! DONE!” – Jon Stewart of @TheDailyShow

#tillmanhonors @pattillmanfnd
November 20, 2024 at 12:58 AM
“At the end of the day, be kind, be human, be nice.” – 2020 #TillmanHonors Make Your Mark awardee, @WestPoint_USMA graduate, @USArmy veteran, #TillmanScholar and public health practitioner on the front lines of COVID @munn_jackie
November 20, 2024 at 12:58 AM
“Thank you doesn’t hold water for me anymore. Let’s get off our butts and do something for veterans.” – @JohnFeal1

“It’s about inspiration, meeting the moment. This was a boulder being pushed uphill both ways.” - Jon Stewart of @TheDailyShow

#TillmanHonors #TillmanScholars
November 20, 2024 at 12:58 AM
So many thanks to Kevin and the @ConstitutionCtr for the virtual tour of the U.S. Constitution Center and the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights for our #TillmanScholars!
November 20, 2024 at 12:58 AM
"Those who've landed on top have come to believe that their success is their own doing, a measure of their own merit, and that those who struggle those who are left behind must deserve their fate as well." - Michael Sandel

@pattillmanfnd #TillmanScholars #PTLS
November 20, 2024 at 12:57 AM
This week’s scholars featured in our #60DaysofTillmanScholars series have set out to better the lives of those around them in the areas of education, public policy, criminal justice, and law.
November 20, 2024 at 12:57 AM
"If we can incorporate the total self - past, present, and future of finances - it will go along way into making life better for everybody.”

2013 Tillman Scholar Mike Kothakota on how to approach finances in these uncertain times.

#PTLS #TillmanScholars #LeadershipMatters
November 20, 2024 at 12:57 AM
"I'd never send someone out, wait for them to get lost, and then send help. What if we gave them the map up front?"

2016 Tillman Scholar @skgallagher16 talks about the 'Trauma of Freedom' in military transition.

#PTLS #TillmanScholars #LeadershipThroughAction #LeadershipMatters
November 20, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Who says you can't engage a community of distributed leaders during a pandemic? Round 2 of the Pat Tillman Leadership Series and our #TillmanScholars are getting it done, weighing in on the role of police forces in a racially and economically just society. #PTLS
November 20, 2024 at 12:57 AM
"The toothpaste doesn't go back in the container." @thomaschattwill on the need for a 'my bad' option online, and how we must push against social media's tendency toward piling-on without seeking genuine discussion.

Pat Tillman Leadership Series, Round 2. #PTLS #TillmanScholars
November 20, 2024 at 12:57 AM
This week’s scholars featured in our 60 Days of #TillmanScholars series—Michael Luu, Luis Martinez, Jr., Austin Almand, Caitlin Haner, and Mike McCarthy—are working to continue to improve our society through the means of technology, health and engineering, and education.
November 20, 2024 at 12:56 AM