633 Days Inside: Lessons on Life and Leadership

Greg Lindberg

Sep 2022 · Global Growth

About this ebook

In March of 2020, Greg Lindberg was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 87 months in Federal Prison. He appealed on the ground that the district court violated his constitutional right to due process and a fair trial by taking away from the jury the most critical issue in the case. In June of 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit unanimously agreed and vacated his convictions on both counts.

This book tells Greg's story while in prison: what he learned and how he turned the adversity of prison into an even greater advantage. This book will help you turn your own failures, challenges, and adversities into even greater success.

About the author

Greg Lindberg is an entrepreneur, a leadership coach, an author, and a father. He leads a character-driven life in which doing good takes an equal role to doing well.

When he was a sophomore in college, Greg launched a newsletter to help medical professionals make sense of the maze of medical regulations. Over time, he boot-strapped that small startup into a multi-million-dollar publishing company.

Over the course of his career, Greg acquired and transformed more than 100 companies that were either failing or underperforming, each time finding and empowering great talent—people with the same commitment to hard work, learning, entrepreneurship, and a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude. Today, those companies are worth billions of dollars and employ 7,500 people.

In 2020, Greg was wrongfully convicted of bribery after a public official entrapped him, wearing a wire as he demanded that Greg make payments to his personal checking account. Greg refused to do anything illegal. In July 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned Greg’s conviction, and Greg was released from prison after spending nearly

two years away from his life and family.

Despite his wrongful conviction, Greg used his time at Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Montgomery to do what he does best: help others succeed. He worked as a janitor, assisted in the library, and taught classes in business and entrepreneurship to his fellow prisoners. He built friendships that he maintains to this day.

After witnessing first-hand the shortcomings of the criminal justice system, Greg is dedicating his life to fighting for change. In 2020, he founded Interrogating Justice, a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring awareness and help advance solutions that hold corrupt government actors accountable, ensure fairness in sentencing, support reentry, and provide access to justice for all.