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Marcus Tarrant
Marcus Tsarrant is an accomplished management consultant who has worked for leading consulting and venture captial firms including Deloitte Consulting. Lloyd Morgan Consulting and Offspring Ventures. Marcus has assisted clients raise capital in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Marcus Holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Masters in Entrepreneurship. He is the founder and principal of BusinessPlanningHQ.com - A website that offers an entirely new approach to business planning.
Marcus Tsarrant is an accomplished management consultant who has worked for leading consulting and venture captial firms including Deloitte Consulting. Lloyd Morgan Consulting and Offspring Ventures. Marcus has assisted clients raise capital in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Marcus Holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Masters in Entrepreneurship. He is the founder and principal of BusinessPlanningHQ.com - A website that offers an entirely new approach to business planning.
Nathan Beckord (Premium Author)
Nathan Beckord, MBA/CFA is a startup junkie. He has been helping startups launch, raise capital, and execute on business development deals for over ten years. He has worked on numerous deals, ranging from small seed and venture capital rounds on up to initial public offerings and complex transactions with Fortune 500 companies. Nathan is Principal of VentureArchetypes, LLC (www.VentureArchetypes.com< /a>), a consulting firm focused on business plan and venture advisory, as well as www.StartupPartnerships.co m, which provides on-demand business development consulting. In addition, his resume lists the Equity Private Placement Group at JP Morgan in New York, the High Tech Valuation Services Group in San Francisco, and Access Venture Partners in Austin, Texas. Nathan has a BS in Commerce from Santa Clara University and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the McCombs School of Business (UT Austin). He was also a member of Venture Capital Fellows, VP of the Entrepreneur Society, and co-founder of ProjectStartup.org. His blog can be found at www.SeedStageCapital.com. Nathan is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the Association for Investment Management Research.
Silver Authors Nathan Beckord, MBA/CFA is a startup junkie. He has been helping startups launch, raise capital, and execute on business development deals for over ten years. He has worked on numerous deals, ranging from small seed and venture capital rounds on up to initial public offerings and complex transactions with Fortune 500 companies. Nathan is Principal of VentureArchetypes, LLC (www.VentureArchetypes.com< /a>), a consulting firm focused on business plan and venture advisory, as well as www.StartupPartnerships.co m, which provides on-demand business development consulting. In addition, his resume lists the Equity Private Placement Group at JP Morgan in New York, the High Tech Valuation Services Group in San Francisco, and Access Venture Partners in Austin, Texas. Nathan has a BS in Commerce from Santa Clara University and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the McCombs School of Business (UT Austin). He was also a member of Venture Capital Fellows, VP of the Entrepreneur Society, and co-founder of ProjectStartup.org. His blog can be found at www.SeedStageCapital.com. Nathan is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the Association for Investment Management Research.
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Dave Lavinsky
Dave Lavinsky is president of Growthink, a consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs develop professional business plans and raise capital. Since 1999, Growthink business plan writers have created more than 2,000 business plans for clients who have raised more than $1 billion in capital. An expert on business planning, market research, and raising capital, Dave wrote the Growthink Business Plan Guide, which has been downloaded by more than 250,000 entrepreneurs and business owners.
Dave Lavinsky is president of Growthink, a consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs develop professional business plans and raise capital. Since 1999, Growthink business plan writers have created more than 2,000 business plans for clients who have raised more than $1 billion in capital. An expert on business planning, market research, and raising capital, Dave wrote the Growthink Business Plan Guide, which has been downloaded by more than 250,000 entrepreneurs and business owners.
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