James R. Ball is co-founder and president of the Goals Institute, Inc., a company created to help businesses, organizations, and individuals fulfil their potential through goal achievement.

Jim Ball has provided keynotes and executive development programs and keynote speeches for large corporate clients including: AIG, ARAMARK, Ernst & Young, McDonald's, Marriott, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, and many other businesses.

Association clients include: American Bankers Association, American Cancer Society, Fincancial Women International, Institute of Real Estate Management, National Association of Insurance Women, Printing Industries of America, Inc., Society of Human Resource Management, and the Business Products Industry Association. 

Public sector clients include Department of Homeland Security, Internal Revenue Service, US Navy, US Postal Service and other agencies.

Mr. Ball was co-founder and managing partner of Venture America, a seed-stage venture capital firm. Through Venture America Jim Ball helped finance the launch and growth of over twenty businesses including Digene Diagnostics and The Discovery Channel.

Jim Ball was at Arthur Andersen where his last position was partner in charge of Andersen's office in Norther Virginia that targeted hight technology and rapid growth firms.

As an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University, Mr. Ball taught the course he created entitled Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset. He was cofounder and the first president of the George Mason University Entrepreneurial Institute, Inc., an organization that advances entrepreneurship and business and university relations.

Jim Ball is the author of Soar... If you Dare, The Entrepreneur's Tool Kit, and DNA Leadership through Goal-Drive Mangement, ABCs for Life, It's About TIME!, World-Class Customer Service, and Professionalism Is for Everyone.