Dedicated to helping your business.
The Business Transition Council of Tampa, Inc. is a professional organization founded in 2008 by a group of professionals with a common goal of learning, teaching and facilitating small business success. The group, at its core, recognizes that the entrepreneurial spirit of America needs constant care to thrive in the future.
Transitioning new entrepreneurs into being the business owners of existing and successful businesses is critical to our country and its position in the world markets.
This organization and its site are dedicated to that goal.
Running a small business is complicated requiring numerous skill sets and advisors to supplement those skills. There are also numerous transitions from start-up to selling a business. Our advisors, who work independently with small business owners have experience in every aspect of small business transformation, services, personal growth, and transition.
Monthly speakers on business growth and transformation.
Consider attending one of our monthly meetings to learn more about transforming your business. Each month we invite informative speakers to discuss small business topics on growth, transition, and transformation. Here is a video from last months speaker, Kevin Crenshaw, author of “Never Boss”.
Core members supporting small business success:
Business Growth
Dino Eliadis – Business Growth Simplified
Denise Clemence – SBA Specialist
Denise specializes in SBA government guaranteed financing for small to mid-sized businesses nationwide with a preferred lender. With over 15 years experience starting, transferring, expanding and growing businesses through the 7a and 504 loan programs for all industries striving to provide consultation and education.
John Hamerlinck – Digital Marketing Strategist
John Hindman – Vision Strategy Planning & Operations
Christy Vogel – President | Marketing Direction
We provide part-time marketing teams for CEOs who can’t justify the expense of a full-time marketing department.
Executive Development
William D. Anton Ph.D. – CEO Effectiveness, LLC
Cindy Hesterman – Vistage Chair
Successful CEOs and business owners join Vistage to become better leaders, make better decisions, and achieve better results. Vistage’s proven process combines peer group meetings, one-to-one executive coaching, expert speakers and an international brain trust of over 20,000 members in 17 countries.
Jenny W. Clark – Solvability, Inc.
Vera Anderson – CEO Coach | Growth Strategist
Business Services
Katie Dierks – Sales Executive – Bouchard Insurance
Sheryl Hunter, Esquire – The Entrepreneurs Attorney
Pete Jordan – Chief Financial Officer | RCH Capital
CFO for RCH Capital, LLC, Pete has held financial and operational management positions at privately-held companies owned by some of Tampa Bay’s most successful entrepreneurs.
Dan Maloney – Certified Acquisition Specialists
Charles Meeks – Meeks financial services
Loretta O’Keeffe – Attorney
Linda O’Rourke, CPA, and Principal of O’Rourke & Associates, LLC Business Management Consultants
Stratton Smith, JD, LLM Business Structuring, Transactions, Estate and Tax Planning, Estate and Trust Administration.
Robyn Spoto – SpotOn Digital media
Michael C. Valdez, AIF®, CLU®, REBC® Certified Financial PlannerTM Synergy Wealth Alliance