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Introducing the Entrepreneurs Institute
The EI team is led by Dan Nathanson and includes successful entrepreneurs, investors, consultants, and MBAs. This group is able to provide real-time, individualized support and feedback in all of our program offerings.
Daniel Nathanson, Founder & CEO
- Expert in entrepreneurship and small business management
- Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Successful entrepreneur and consultant
- Proven track record of coaching entrepreneurs and CEOs
- Extensive experience crafting business plans to raise capital and plan for the future
Dr. Dan Nathanson is an entrepreneur, executive, investor, consultant and educator. In addition to the Entrepreneurs Institute, he is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he teaches small business management and business plan development.
Dr. Nathanson began his executive career as the Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Planner in charge of Mergers and Acquisitions at Vernitron Corporation. Dr. Nathanson then founded and served as CEO of Computerized Retail Systems ("CRS"), a nationwide, turnkey, point-of-sale computer company. Dr. Nathanson grew this state-of-the-art technology company from its inception to become the leading company in its field.
After selling CRS in 1993, Dr. Nathanson became a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU's Stern School of Business. While at NYU, he founded the Entrepreneurs Resource Group, a consulting firm specializing in helping small to mid-size firms successfully grow their business. He also served as Chairman of two groups of CEOs for "The Executive Committee" (TEC), now renamed Vistage.
In 1999, Dr. Nathanson founded and still serves as CEO of Washington Square Capital Fund, a formalized angel group that invests in early-stage companies. In 2000 he became the CEO of Tickmark Solutions. In less than two years under Dr Nathanson's leadership, the revenues of this software company rose from $500,000 to almost $4 million. He then engineered the sale of company and investors realized a 40% ROI in a very difficult market environment.
Dr. Nathanson went on to serve as the CEO and President of a promotional products firm followed by an asset management venture. At these companies, Dr. Nathanson successfully directed the organizations' growth and worked with the companies' founders to develop strategies, build infrastructures, create business plans, raise capital, attract investors and establish important strategic relationships.
In 2008, Dr. Nathanson accepted a teaching position as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and has resumed his mission of Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed as the CEO of the Entrepreneurs Institute. Dr. Nathanson holds a Ph.D. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from NYU's Graduate School of Business and a BA from Washington University, St. Louis, MO. His publications include Strategy Implementation: The Role of Structure and Process and various articles in business strategy and organizational design.
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