entrepreneur

(n.) a person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.

partner

1. (v.) the act of supporting another in an activity or sphere of common interest. 2. (n.) one that supports another in an activity or sphere of common interest. 3. (n.) nautically speaking, a wooden framework used to strengthen the stress point of a ship's deck where a mast or other structure passes through it.

entrepreneur's partner

(n.) one that strengthens the framework of an entrepreneur's business venture and complements the entrepreneur's natural entrepreneurial tendencies as the business venture passes through the unavoidable stressful challenges in its evolutionary process.
 
 



Entrepreneur's PartnerSM ("EP") provides entrepreneurs with the support necessary to achieve success in each one's unique entrepreneurial endeavor. EP offers entrepreneurs in start-up, small, and mid-size organizations ready access to the resources, expertise, and experience currently available only to Chief Executive Officers of large public companies. EP offers this support without permanently adding to overhead, risking the addition of unknown or unproven partners, or sharing in the ownership of the organization.

The Entrepreneur's Experience

Initially, entrepreneurial businesses grow quickly through a combination of high quality products, exceptional customer service, and cheap labor provided by the entrepreneur and a loyal core of employees. The hands-on entrepreneur is often able to manage the business and personally assure the quality of each product and service. But as the business grows, the issues become more complex, the demands become greater, and the entrepreneur's management through his/her intrinsic senses and personal handling of every matter is no longer possible. The entrepreneur needs a business partner.

Most entrepreneurs are acutely aware of their need for a partner or group of partners that offer support through their complementary resources, experience, and expertise. Unfortunately, the entrepreneur is often unable to take on additional overhead or unwilling to share in the authority, responsibility, and/or financial rewards that are necessary to recruit a qualified partner. In addition, no single individual partner brings with him/her the broad range of expertise, experience, and resources necessary to fully meet the entrepreneur's needs. As a result, most entrepreneurs enter each stage of business growth alone, only to experience confusion, frustration, stagnation, loss of employee morale, and sometimes even financial failure.

Entrepreneur's PartnerSM Fills the Void

EP will fill this void through its unique team of Executive Partners and Professional Partners (TeamEPSM). Through a partnership with EP, you will truly have an ongoing personal relationship with a highly-qualified, highly-successful, proactive Executive Partner along with ready access to the resources, expertise, and experience of a world-class management team. Through a partnership with EP, you will have "on staff" expertise available to assist in management and leadership, to develop and monitor complete financial intelligence on your business, to write business plans, to seek additional bank financing, to prepare for public offerings, to pursue mergers and acquisitions, to develop a brand and marketing plan for your products, to create information technology infrastructures for your business, to develop a Website to market your business…whatever you need to maximize the performance of your organization. This special partnership relationship will provide the support necessary for you to once again focus on your unique abilities and your organization's vision, core values, and competencies.

EP eliminates the requirements for long-term employment contracts, relocation arrangements, and company ownership or stock option packages. EP offers you outstanding flexibility in the type of commitments you choose to make through a selection of client contract options. Think of EP as a partner, supported by the expertise of a world-class management team, at the cost and flexibility of a part-time employee. EP seeks to provide you with greater expertise and resources for less cost than is available any other way.