Find the imprint
See the beliefs and behaviors that make this company distinct.
COMING SOON · DECEMBER 2026
The Founder’s DNA.
Your company carries your imprint. Will it still be there when you step back?
A practical exploration of the beliefs, decisions, and behaviors that give a business its identity—and how to make them last.
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The Founder’s DNA is planned for December 2026. Cover and ordering details are still being finalized.
THE BOOK
A company can survive.
Will its soul?
Founders shape a business through thousands of choices: what deserves attention, how people are treated, and what a promise to a customer means in practice. Those choices become an imprint on the organization.
The Founder’s DNA asks how to recognize that imprint and turn it into something leaders and teams can carry forward through growth, delegation, and change.
Build the blueprint
Make expectations clear enough for others to act on them.
Carry it forward
Help those standards endure as leadership and ownership change.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Darren Gardner
Founder. Business coach. Advisor to CEOs and leadership teams.
Darren founded TeksInc in 2003 and sold it in 2019. That transition sharpened a question that now guides his work: how can founders help the best of what they built live on without them?
Today he helps leaders clarify priorities, strengthen their teams, and put strategy into practice.
A QUICK FOUNDER’S DNA REFLECTION
What still depends on you?
Six questions to start a conversation about the imprint you want your company to carry forward. Your answers stay in this browser and are not saved or sent.
01Can your team make important day-to-day decisions without waiting for you?
02Do people across the company describe its values through the same everyday behaviors?
03Would a customer receive the same standard of care if you were away for a month?
04Can leaders explain why the company makes its most important trade-offs?
05Do your leaders develop other people to carry the work forward?
06Have you discussed what should endure if your role or ownership changes?
Answer all six questions to see your reflection.
THE FOUNDER’S DNA · DECEMBER 2026
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SPEAKING & CONVERSATIONS
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Darren speaks with founders and leadership teams about the decisions that shape a company and the work of carrying its identity forward.
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THE LEADERSHIP NOTEBOOK
Ideas for the work ahead.
The first articles are being reviewed with Darren. They will appear here when approved.
LET’S TALK
What should your
company carry
forward?
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darren@resultsimproved.com(214) 505-1326
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