Our Story

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas A. Edison

Young Entrepreneur

We all have a story to tell. My story begins as a youth growing up in England and watching my Grandfather work in his barbershop during the day. There was always a sense of peace surrounding him. I asked him one night while we were fishing what made him become a barber when he could be so many other things? He explained to me that when he was younger he recognized an opportunity to make a living and be his own boss, that it was not the job, it was about the type of life he wanted to live. I knew from that point on I wanted to have my own business.

The path to an entrepreneurs existence was a little more complicated for me than it was for my grandfather. My first ventures were met with mixed success. I started an import/export business, tried my hand at multi-level marketing opportunities and a few other ideas. I made plenty of mistakes and most of my failed ventures were because I really did not think through my idea.

I also found that there were a lot of people offering dubious if not bad advice that were looking to make a quick buck off my enthusiasm. So I decided that I needed more experience and education. I went back to school, obtained an M.B.A. and entered the corporate world. My corporate path seemed to always include an entrepreneurial way of thinking. For a period of 15 years I did successful turnarounds and major start-ups which required me to think outside the box, recognize opportunity, set a plan of action and ask for forgiveness rather than permission.

Still wanting that peace my grandfather had, I set out on my own again and purchased a computer services franchise and then started my own small business consulting company. My experience was great but times had changed. Clients were asking new questions about:

Intellectual property(IP)
Raising Capital
Valuations of their company
How to adapt to a global economy
How to develop a technical products such as medical devices

Recognizing an opportunity to be a better resource, I went back to school again and obtained a Masters of Science in Entrepreneurship in Applied Technologies. A few months after graduation I changed the name of my consulting company to The Entrepreneur’s Advisor™.