Flip Flippen is a business consultant, author, lecturer, and founder of the Flippen Group (1990), a company chosen by Texas Monthly magazine as #2 on the list of Best Companies to Work For in Texas. Along with wife and Flippen Group CEO, Susan, Flip received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. His first book, The Flip Side: Break Free of the Behaviors That Hold You Back, was released in May 2007 and was a New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, and CEO Read best-seller. He has also contributed to publications including Inc. magazine and SUCCESS magazine and has made appearances on the Today show, the Super Bowl Pre-Game show, and Speed Channel’s NBS 24/7. Past work includes 16 years building an outpatient clinic and 500-acre residential treatment facility for at-risk youth. Flip and Susan have a passion for kids and have helped raise more than twenty; they reside on their ranch in College Station, Texas.