You’re not an adult yet. The world isn’t waiting for you to become one. InspyreNow helps the next generation get to the starting line early, so the day you turn 18, you’re already sprinting.
Start now●Be at the line●Sprint at 18●Winners become leaders●Start now●Be at the line●Sprint at 18●Winners become leaders●
The holding pattern
Too young to start. Too smart to wait.
A whole generation is circling in a holding pattern, told to wait until they’re adults before life really begins.
But the world moves fast now. Faster every year. The only real way to win is to get a jump on the future and on the competition, to be first to the finish line. And you can’t be first to the finish line unless you’re actually at the starting line when the gun goes off.
That moment is 18. InspyreNow exists so you’re standing on that line, ready, instead of still looking for the stadium.
Countdown to the line
How old are you?
3 yearsThat’s about 1,096 days to explore, test, and build before the gun goes off at 18. Use every one of them.
Early 20s: Just now working out where you want to be.
Result: Starting the race while others are already rounding the first turn.
The InspyreNow way
Start now
Now: Learn all the different ways life can be used: careers, trades, business, creative work, service.
Next: Test ideas, find your lane, and build real skills while the stakes are low.
18: Foot squarely on the line. Sprint on day one.
Result: A winner. And winners become leaders.
How it works
Explore. Build. Sprint.
01
Explore everything
The smartest, most diligent, most forward-thinking people don’t wait. They start learning now about all the different ways life can be used, so they can choose instead of guess.
02
Build your head start
Turn curiosity into skills, habits and direction years before everyone else is even asked the question. Every day before 18 is training time.
03
Sprint at 18
When the gun goes off, you’re not stretching or searching for the track. You’re gone. First to the finish line starts with being first to the start.
For parents
Parents are integral to the process: the overseers of the mentorship and the guardians of tomorrow’s leaders.
The goal isn’t just to get ahead. It’s to get ahead and then turn around and pull the next wave up with you.
That’s the idea behind Near Future Leaders: today’s youth, armed and ready, become the leaders the generation a few years behind them actually wants to follow.
Dan Fugardi is the founder of InspyreNow. A former U.S. Navy submariner with an MBA from USC Marshall, Dan has spent years in community work alongside artists like Erykah Badu, Mos Def, The Roots, Janet Jackson, 50 Cent and Wyclef. He is Chairman and CEO of InStyler Brands, the globally renowned hair-tool company with upwards of a couple billion dollars in sales, and the founder of F22 Growth Advisors. Through InspyreNow, he brings that mix of discipline, business sense and heart to helping young people get to the starting line early.