Colleen Sullivan, CMT Digital In order to have a healthy ecosystem for a new industry you really need four components. One is government involvement/regulatory clarity, two is academic institution involvement, three is trade associations and other advocacy...

  Tim McCourt, CME Group [In July 2000, my boss] said, ‘Tim, tomorrow, you’re going to start on the equity derivatives desk at JP Morgan.’ I was like, ‘Fantastic. I’m super excited.’ I go home, no one really has a laptop, I got my first cell phone two weeks...

  Adam Honoré, CME Group “One of the things you need to understand about yourself is how you manage your personal finances. A lot of people don’t talk about that. But if you want the flexibility to go to a startup, you can’t do that with two car payments, and a...

  Jessica Darmoni, The Title Connection “One of the best pieces of advice I could share is get involved with an industry activity.” Networking is essential for any career, but after a handshake and an exchange of business cards, what do you do? Do you follow up...

  Bill Weldon, Weldon Resources “I had this happen to me. I came in in the morning. A wonderful colleague, a great person, says, ‘Billy, how are you doing?’ ‘I’m doing great.’ ‘Really? Tell your face.'” What is the authentic you? How do you act under pressure? Is...

  Dan Basse, AgResource “If you want to be a really good trader… understand the cash markets to the best of your ability. Crawl inside of them so you know what’s going on.” After years of market focus shifting away from fundamental analysis, Dan Basse, president...