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Laguna Beach, Ca, Us

Southern California based collaboration of start-up, expansion and M&A acceleration teams. Leadership based guidance, support and funding navigation to nurture the development of early-stage startups and brands pursing expansion of market share. Hatch Trust in the forward brand of CN&Z, established 1988.Hatch Trust advises clients with strategic mentorship, partnerships, joint-ventures and synchronized resource management.

San Francisco, California, Us

Crawford, Nolan & Zink specializes in small business advisory services, with most our clients having between 10 and 100 employees.Our practice areas generally fall within the three categories of:REDUCING COSTS | INCREASING REVENUES | MINIMIZING RISKFor over 18 years, Crawford, Nolan & Zink has been serving clients nationwide with a variety of consulting services.Crawford, Nolan & Zink, LLP, with offices in Northern & Southern California and a presence in New York, CN&Z specializes in business guidance. The firm focuses on small to mid-sized businesses, with practice areas of: Business Management | Marketing/Advertising | Human Resources | Risk Management/Loss Prevention | Mergers & Acquisitions | Finance | Legal | International. Crawford, Nolan & Zink has an emphasis on the following business sectors: Hospitality | Bar | Restaurant | Spa | Hotel | Real Estate | Retail | Technology | Bio-Medical.Specialists in:Business ManagementRisk Management/Loss PreventionInternational BusinessSales DevelopmentMarketing & AdvertisingFinance/Business LendingBrand BuildingOperationsHuman ResourcesMergers & AcquisitionsWorkouts

Exclusive, Unique Home Furnishings, Art, Decor and Accessories in retail and e-commerce positions. Special finds, few & one-of-a-kinds and limited source products that inspire curiosity, soothe the aesthetic and capture the soul of today's home.

Upscale Residential Design Firm, Born in 1997, Corona del Mar, California.Now serving clients worldwide, with an emphasis on Southern California.Full-service interior design.

Commercial Interiors Intelligence - Contract DesignReal Estate - Resale, New Build, Multi-Family Housing

CRISIS CONTROL BUSINESS EMERGENCY RESPONSECHANGE MANAGEMENTTHREAT ASSESSMENTKörCrisis is built from the ground-up to help companies thrive in the face of adversity. Our team is expert at assessing, measuring, identifying, mitigating and resolving challenges in the business landscape.

High Level Full Service Business Strategy, Branding, Risk Minimization, Technological Security & Crisis Response Team

Risk ManagementCost ContainmentSales GrowthMergers & AcquisitionsADA ComplianceRegulatory AffairsMarketingPublic RelationsRevenue ManagementAdvertisingVendor RelationsLegalLabor CodeTrainingDesignComplianceLabor RelationsMarketingRecruitingSourcingReputation ManagementYield ManagementInteriorsExpense ManagementWorkout ExpertiseExecutive SelectionFinancial Operations AnalysisFeasibility StudiesRemodeling CoordinationSpa OperationsRevenue Maximization

Internet Start-Up

Launch of successful online wine channel, later acquired.

Developed and executed business plans for acquisition of hotel site, expanded offerings of country inn, developed site into world-class spa resort, with award-winning wine bar, in town gift boutique, full service multi-thousand sq ft luxury spa, 4 diamond/5 star fine dining restaurant, upgraded grounds and facilities & annexation, rebranding and opening of neighboring bed & breakfast into cottages serviced by main resort. Improved occupancy from the regional standard (2005) of 49% to 99% average, annualized m( and ADR from $88 to over $300 while tripling capacities and adding 300% in new revenue streams from departments created from scratch. Globally recognized, locally loved and a monumental property.

Successful launch, later sold.

Marketing Cooperative of small, independent hospitality properties.

San Francisco, California, Us

Broad spectrum business consultancy and service company with concentration on small to mid-sized closely held private companies in all stages of development from concept, start-up, pre-revenue, emerging and brand building with concentrations on early dot com companies, bio-medical, auto brands and B-to-B service companies. Client's included global brands such as Kia Motors, Hyundai, Ford Premium Motor Group, Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, Buy.com, Genetech, Liberty Mutual, AT&T and small business nationwide. Companies operations included affiliated brands:FoneChex: Started in 1997-2000, FoneChex stemmed from changes in banking regulation which permitted electronic debiting of pre-authorized drafts (ACH) and electronic funds transfers (EFT) from depositors checking accounts enabling telephone orders and payments for products and services. FoneChex was a leading pioneer in the early space of electronic checking account debits which has now been widely embraced by nearly every sector of business and consumers.Logos By Mail: Logos by Mail was the nations first, flat-rate logo design service, established in 1987-88 and became the fastest growing logo design service of all time. During peak work-loads, Logos By Mail served nearly 6,000 small to mid-sized companies with brand development, logo design and graphic communication services, pre internet.Next Day Labels: Founded in 1998, Next Day Labels offered online and phone order adhesive backed labels in quantities from 500-10,000, in 1 to 4 colors on over 200 stock colors and sizes, custom printed in 24 hours.PrintSource: A printing service for small to mid-sized clients concentrating on quick service, shipped to end user within 24-72 hours. Offering one, two and full color printed materials, including sales sheets, brochures, stationery, business cards, printed collateral and much more. Servicing thousands of business clients, PrintSource became PrintAmerica(tm).

Lead the research and analyst teams for selection and negotiations on property acquisitions in target areas for investment candidates in the residential marketplace of homes valued between $ 500,000 and $ 5mm. Average folio performance exceeded all measures with year over year sustained returns above 22% annually throughout leadership tenure. Coordinated all departments of constructions, remodeling, legal, finance and marketing for purchases, rehabilitation and sales of target properties.

Established in Orange County, CA as MailPlace retail mail box stores and printing stores, in 1979. Acquired by Sector Companies, Ltd, as SectorCompanies GmbH in 2002, by merger into PrintAmerica operations est. 1984. Boutique commercial printing operations specializing in small to mid-sized commercial printing clients in various industry segments. Established as retail chain of numerous locations over years prior to merger with enterprise now known as Sector. Early adopter of centralized printing facilities servicing both commercial sales team of in-house clients and retail point-of-sale locations. http://is.gd/printamerica

Full-Service Consultancy focused on five sectors: 1) Wireless 2) Automotive 3) Hospitality 4) Spa 5) Retail; with services in the fields of Public Relations, Operational Efficiencies, Printed Communications, Interior Design, Graphics/Corporate Identity, Sales Training, Recruiting & Printed Marketing.

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Retail Manager | Area Development | Business Development | Sales Leadership

Founded CopyShack, the nation's first retail offering of full business services, including mail box rental, self serve and full service color and black and white photocopies, full service printing, (with centralized off-site company owned production plant servicing retail outposts), graphic design, executive suite rentals, workstation flex space, fax services, administrative support services, presentation support, shipping, packaging, receiving, lock box, virtual offices and much more. Corporate HQ in San Clemente, with 8 locations throughout Orange County. Company acquired by, at that time Kinkos Copy Centers, Inc, Ventura, CA, now FedEx-Kinkos Centers.

Hospitality Management

Credits Toward Associates Degree, Business | Political Science | Communications

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