Professional summary
I am a growth and funding strategist who helps entrepreneurs to secure the funds they need to grow and prosper. Using my proprietary methodology, I work with clients to develop a step-by-step growth and funding action plan that builds a bridge between vision and financial goals. Using this model, I have obtained more than $160 million for my clients. I am also a lifelong entrepreneur who knows first-hand that success is possible regardless of background or situation. I started my first business at 21, opening a chain of retail stores. Later, I started another company with the goal of selling our products in the mass market. Wal-Mart was our first customer. Since then I have advised entrepreneurs across the United States and around the globe. Read more
I am a growth and funding strategist who helps entrepreneurs to secure the funds they need to grow and prosper. Using my proprietary methodology, I work with clients to develop a step-by-step growth and funding action plan that builds a bridge between vision and financial goals. Using this model, I have obtained more than $160 million for my clients. I am also a lifelong entrepreneur who knows first-hand that success is possible regardless of background or situation. I started my first business at 21, opening a chain of retail stores. Later, I started another company with the goal of selling our products in the mass market. Wal-Mart was our first customer. Since then I have advised entrepreneurs across the United States and around the globe. I have engineered startups in the U.S., United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and South America. I have found that although they may have a great idea, many entrepreneurs are so inwardly focused that they can’t take an objective, panoramic view of their business model. As a result, they don’t achieve their desired goals. Using my methodology, I work with entrepreneurs to build a 360-degree model that connects their business with the resources they need to grow.
For more than 15 years, I have helped public- and private-sector clients around the globe to secure the funds they need to achieve their goals. I have worked with individual entrepreneurs, start-ups, small businesses, large businesses, multinational corporations, non-governmental organizations, tribes, and governmental agencies of every type, helping them all to make their visions a reality. My 360-degree model can position any type of business, organization or agency to obtain the funding it needs through grants, traditional loans, crowdfunding, venture capital, angel investors, and even non-traditional funding models.Part of my in-depth understanding of the reasons why some projects or companies get funded and others don’t stems from my work as a professional reviewer of funding proposals for a diverse range of programs including: Rural Utilities Service; Department of Education; Department of Health and Human Services; Administration for Native Americans; Florida Department of Education; Community Development Block Grant program and more. I know first-hand what those who hold the purse strings look for when determining which projects get funding and which get tossed aside.
