Joe Clark

Joe is a business start-up and competitive advantage authority with over 18 years of senior management, executive management, and entrepreneurial experience. His mastery in the areas of strategic and operational planning, leadership development, and business modeling bring quick and effective results to his entrepreneurial clients.

Joe is one of the chief architects of the Start-Up Suite!^TM, a line of services designed to help motivated entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful businesses, fast. Joe has facilitated presentations to literally thousands of professionals in the areas of strategy, business performance, and leadership development. Additionally, he is a contributing author for numerous publications including his popular start-up strategy blog (www.mybilliondollarfruit-stand.blogspot.com).

Joe has held board positions with Tourmalet Properties, LLC., a real estate asset investment company, as well as California Fitness Holdings, Inc., which operates one of the fastest growing fitness franchise chains in Southern California. In addition, Joe is a member of the board of directors for the Boulder Area Human Resource Association (a regional SHRM chapter).

Starting businesses is something that Joe has done since high school. "I started my first two projects when I was 18. The first was a house cleaning business called Educated Cleaners and the second was a promotional button company. We manufactured and sold unique buttons to hospitals all over Southern Indiana."

Joe studied at the University of Colorado and holds an Executive Studies Certification in Supply-Chain Management from MIT.