How this CEO took charge during a crisis and built a firefighting powerhouse

Fire Rover chief exec Will Schmidt’s journey from finance to entrepreneurship offers key lessons in the right way to grow a business.

Fire Rover CEO Will Schmidt [Photos: Fire Rover]

Fire Rover is all about responding quickly and efficiently to crises: The Farmington Hills, Michigan-based tech company—which has now cracked the Inc. 5000 list five years in a row—works to detect and extinguish industrial fires before they get too big.

So it’s fitting that Will........

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