Winner of the highly prestigious "Entrepreneur of the Year", Congressional Businessman of the Year, the International Who's Who of Business, SBA's Business Success Award.
He has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, CNBC, and in The New York Times, and Wall Street Journal.
He has lectured at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, University of Texas, Texas A&M, Southwest Texas State University, and the University of Northern Arizona.
Authored 3 business books and a set of twenty "how-to" business workbooks.
He consulted on over 100 business plans across multiple business entities, specifically tailored for financial backing (Venture Capital and Accredited "Angel" Investors, SBA 7a, Micro Loans, Factoring of Receivables, and Purchase Order Financing).
Successfully raised Venture Capital financing for three of his own companies and for a wide variety of clients.