Rick Steele is an American entrepreneur and Co-Founder and CMO of Selectblinds, LLC, an online retailer of independently branded window fashions. In 2016, Steele's company, Selectblinds.com, became the first retailer to stop selling corded custom window covering products, leading industry efforts to change manufacturer safety standards and prevent the deaths and injuries that result annually from children who become entangled in window covering cords. He is also a business speaker, philanthropist, author of several business and children's books, professional endurance athlete, 14-time Ironman, and first place US Male finisher in the 2020 World Marathon Challenge, completing seven marathons on all seven continents in seven consecutive days, a feat completed by less than 200 people in the wo