As serial entrepreneur, I founded his first company in college – OverByte, Corp – a specialty software company for the construction industry, which I subsequently sold in 1991. I’ve been doing it ever since by:
◉ Founding a prominent retailer, with customers worldwide, ranging from individuals to TV series, films, museums and Fortune 500 companies
◉ Founding a specialty service company which was awarded a prime contractor contract for the U.S. Government, as well as servicing clients ranging from Universities (Cornell, DU, CU, ASU), Government Agencies (US. Department of Justice, US Department of Agriculture. CDOT) to corporate clients such as Walmart, the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB),Gambro AB, the British firm P&O Nedlloyd, NAMM and Thermofisher Scientific.
◉ Founding a knowledge management software company that served over 2,000 clients in 40 countries ranging from a small Biochemical Firm in India to Fortune 500 companies such as Western Union
◉ Serving as president of a retail company with multiple locations and >$10M annual sales.
◉ Acquiring the intellectual property from a direct prior competitor that had over 100 units and > $.5B in annual sales.
◉ Co-Founding and Co-Inventing a Drone Manufacturing Company, that has a revolutionary patented immersive 360 degree HD recording technology for immersive HD 360 degree video recording platform for newsgathering, research, film, entertainment, virtual reality and augmented reality.
In addition to my own things, I’ve helped hundreds of companys including:
◉ Serving on the advisory board of a 3D Printer Manufacturer, that the Motley Fool announced on November 16th, 2013 by the as the creator of “the World’s 1st Desktop 3D Printer for Metal”.
◉ Helping with the setup, establishment and organization of a consulting firm for a senior government official in the technology consulting space.
◉ Reviewing and consulting on term-sheets for various venture capital investment rounds for multi-party newco joint venture creations.
◉ Serving on advisory board of a European based medical startup developing novel tools and methods for diagnosing mild cognitive impairment, dementia and Alzheimer’s.
◉ Consulting with an insurance coding company on their utilization of IBM’s Watson (Artificial Intelligence / AI) platform for automation of this task.
◉ Providing business advise to attorneys needing help with their client’s business agreements and deal structures.
◉ Helping a small inventor of a consumer product move from prototype to overseas and domestic 3d printed production.
◉ Assisting with Franchise purchase evaluation and assistance.
◉ Helping a home improvement software platform look to partnerships with large retailers such as Home Depot and Lowes
◉ Working with a next generation retailer with VR / AR solutions for instore enhancements.
◉ To advising a small air cargo company with everything from aircraft lease options, operational costs and customer diversity options (where they had a problem of their eggs in one basket)
I’ve helped with just about everything providing stage appropriate advice for the setup, operation and growth of many startups including:
◉ Initial Organization and Structure
◉ Business plan creation & review
◉ Pro-Forma Financial creation & review
◉ MVP test case creation & implementation
◉ Bootstrapping to Getting Big Fast
◉ Assistance with teambuilding and recruiting
◉ Moving from Prototype to Production
◉ Venture Capital Funding, and Term Sheet Review
◉ Simply getting Unstuck and Moving Forward
◉ OnCall / Retainer Based Advisory for all Stages of Growth
Along with:
◉ Stage-appropriate mentoring
◉ Business model refinement
◉ Customer and partner introductions
◉ Finance and capital structure advice
◉ Revenue Optimization and offer tiering advice
◉ Operations and organizational scaling assistance
◉ Marketing, branding and public relations assistance
◉ Recruiting advice
◉ Financial and technical advice
◉ Exit optimization
◉ Essentially, a sounding board on all things business
Contact me to see how I can help you!