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Hello. I’m Landon Swan, and so far, this is my story:

I was born in Amarillo, Texas on September 14, 1979. I was raised in

Evansville, Indiana by my parents, Bob and Roxanne Swan. I have one brother, Andy Swan. I attended

North

High School in

Evansville. There I played basketball all four years and graduated with honors in 1997.

I moved to Louisville, Kentucky to attend

Bellarmine

University. There I played basketball for 3 years and majored in business administration. In 2000 I moved to New York City and transferred to

Fordham

University. After only a few weeks at Fordham, I dropped out to start a business, NasdaqTradeClub.com with my brother Andy, who also dropped out of

Boston

College

Law

School. Bob and Roxanne were concerned.

After initial moderate success with NasdaqTradeClub.com, Andy and I moved back to

Indiana. My short stay (3 months) in NYC was a great experience that I will never forget. In

Bloomington, Indiana Andy and I focused on the business, which we renamed DaytradeTeam.com. I enrolled in

Indiana

University but again, after only a few weeks, dropped out to continue work on the business.

After a 9 month stay in Bloomington, Andy and I moved back to

Louisville, completing the circle. Here we continued to run DaytradeTeam. I decided after a year in

Louisville to finally finish my degree. After consulting with Bellarmine staff, I was able to graduate in 36 hours. Two grueling 18-hour semesters later, I finally had a degree. However, the leave took a toll on the business, which was now doing okay, but not great.

Andy and I applied and were accepted to

Indiana

University’s prestigious Kelley School of Business and both earned substantial scholarships–very rare for a top 10 business school. With DaytradeTeam stalling, we decided to give it all we had for 3 months. At the end of the 3 months we would know if we could take DaytradeTeam to the next level, or if we needed to head back to school at IU.

School turned out to be an excellent motivator, as DaytradeTeam thrived. We moved into an office, hired a web programmer and a phone salesman. Later we added a customer service rep and began training Nick Fenton, a bright and talented trader, as our eventual replacement.

In the Summer of 2006 Andy and I began working on our newest project, mytrade.com. In January of 2007 we sold a majority stake in DaytradeTeam to a private firm. Our focus quickly turned to mytrade.

Mytrade.com is the current project, but Andy and I have our sights set on creating multiple businesses and multiplying their success.

I am a self proclaimed nerd. I excel at and love math. I enjoy playing chess and am currently a Class B player. I aspire to become a Class A player and possibly a US Expert. I enjoy all athletics, especially basketball, golf and wakeboarding. I am self-taught and a ‘pretty good’ programmer in ASP, JavaScript, Flash Actionscript, PHP, SQL, and mySQL–it appeals to my very logical nature. I love WWII history, and have an impressive collection of flags, helmets, medals and weapons.

I live in

Louisville, KY. 

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Time: April 4, 2007, 1:47 pm

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Comment from Allison Steedman
Time: February 22, 2008, 9:11 am

Congrats on the success!! I always knew my tutor would go far in life. Best of luck to you and your brother!

Steedman :-)

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