Braun Mincher

Current

• President / Consultant at PCG Telecom Group, Inc.
• Shareholder at Larimer Bank of Commerce
• Executive Producer, Author/Speaker & Financial Literacy Advocate at Braun Media, LLC / BraunMincher.com / Secrets of Money, LLC

• President / Managing Broker at Aggie Real Estate, LLC / Hiwan 100, Inc.
• President / Chief Pilot at Aviation Leasing, LLC / Formula Leasing, Inc.

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Past

• Founder & Managing Partner at AltiGen-CTI Communications, LLC / AltiTraining, LLC
• Founder/President at TeamCellular.com
• President at Western Starr Charters, Inc. / Express Charters, Inc.

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Education

• Colorado State University
• University of Colorado at Denver
• Chatfield Senior High

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Braun Mincher’s Summary

Still in his early 30’s, Braun Mincher has been a successful entrepreneur for over 19 years in a diverse variety of successful businesses.

A highly driven and motivated individual, he was a self-made millionaire before the age of 25 and able to "retire" a multi-millionaire before 30, despite dropping out of college to grow his first business. His accomplishments have earned him the prestigious Ernst & Young / Inc. Magazine “Entrepreneur of the Year” award and repeat appearances on national TV, including the NBC “Today Show” and with Neil Cavuto on the FOX Business Channel, in addition to frequently being quoted in numerous business publications.

After the sale of his telecom company in 2004 (CTI), Braun became a passionate financial literacy advocate and has worked tirelessly to get basic financial education classes integrated into the high school curriculum and also made a graduation requirement. He has authored an award-winning book on the subject and was the executive producer of a documentary movie exposing the state of financial illiteracy in America.

Braun is an energetic, charismatic and knowledgeable professional public speaker to groups of all sizes on most entrepreneurial and personal finance topics. He is an FAA licensed aircraft pilot (land & sea) who enjoys flying (he has a Cessna 182), boating / wakeboarding, SCUBA diving and traveling both domestically and internationally, recently returning from business trips to South Africa and India. In a previous life, Braun was also a formula racecar driver.

With the recent expiration of his non-compete agreement, Braun's next venture is a return to his telecom roots with the nationwide launch of a new and revolutionary "hosted" business phone system platform, leveraging the power of technology (VoIP) to provide better functionality and cost savings to businesses during these challenging economic times. Stay tuned for details or check out Braun's websites for more information!

Braun Mincher’s Specialties:

Author, Professional Speaker, Corporate Trainer, Entrepreneur, Telecom CEO, Licensed Real Estate Broker, Licensed Mortgage Broker, Real Estate Investor & Property Manager, SEC Series 6/7 Training, VoIP Engineer, AltiGen Certified Engineer (ACE), Airplane Pilot (Land & Sea), Minister (ordained online... 5 weddings performed to date), Certified Bartender, Class A "P2-X-Hazmat" Commercial Drivers License, CWP Holder and Advanced Scuba Diver, Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI).

Braun Mincher’s Experience

• President / Consultant

  PCG Telecom Group, Inc.

  (Telecommunications industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  PCG is a telecommunications firm that I co-founded in 1996. With the recent expiration of my non-compete agreement, I will be re-taking the helm of PCG in the summer of 2009. Our customer-centric company serves 2 business niches with our unique divisions:
  
  CONSULTING - Our signature offering is a contingency-based "bill auditing and analysis" service of business telecom bills. We specialize in working with corporations that spend at least $2,500 per month on the combined cost of Local Phone Service, Long Distance, WAN Network (Internet, T1's, MPLS, etc.) and Wireless Cellular Phones. Generally, our SMB clients are big enough to spend significantly on telecom, but not quite big enough to have their own telecom manager on staff -- that's where PCG comes in. Our goal is to help clients do everything related to telecom better, faster and cheaper (e.g. more efficiently) and our unique consulting approach creates an alignment of interest with our valued clients.
  
  HOSTED PHONE SYSTEMS (PBX) - The days of purchasing, depreciating and maintaining a "premise-based" business phone system are numbered. By creatively leveraging new technology properly (VoIP), we now offer a "hosted" phone system platform for business customers with 2 to 2,000 employees, geographically disbursed anywhere in the country or around the world. Benefits are NO capital investment; just a monthly cost of about $50 per user which includes the phone set, local phone lines and ALL outbound long distance. We think that we have built a better mouse trap (so to speak...) and really enjoy sharing the business case for this new phone system solution with others.

• Shareholder

  Larimer Bank of Commerce

  (Banking industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  I am a partner in this business-focused community bank which has grown to over $90 Million in assets in less than 3 years. The bank specializes in commercial and SBA lending and offers top-notch personal customer service. For any banking leads, please contact Mark Kross, President at (970) 224-7201.

• Executive Producer, Author/Speaker & Financial Literacy Advocate

  Braun Media, LLC / BraunMincher.com / Secrets of Money, LLC

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  I am a ridiculously passionate advocate for Financial Literacy. My ultimate goal is to get Financial Literacy classes required in the school system nationwide (currently, only 3 states have this). Details: http://www.BraunMincher.com.
  
  Author: “The Secrets of Money: A Guide for Everyone on Practical Financial Literacy.” It’s an entertaining read of my entrepreneurial story and uses a conversational style to teach EVERYONE what they should learn in school or at home, but rarely do. Get your copy on Amazon or wherever books are sold. Quantity discounts available.
  
  Executive Producer: “Secrets of Money: The Documentary Movie” – scheduled to be released in mid-2009 (www.SecretsOfMoneyMovie.com). This shocking feature-length film exposes the state of Financial Literacy (Illiteracy) in America and offers suggested solutions. We traveled the country – coast to coast – for 3 months and interviewed 100+ educators, students/parents, government officials, celebrities and financial experts to get their perspective on the importance of financial literacy in the school system; you will not believe what they said.

• President / Managing Broker

  Aggie Real Estate, LLC / Hiwan 100, Inc.

  (Real Estate industry)

  September 1997 — Present (12 years 3 months)

  Real estate sales, management and investment firm specializing in both residential and commercial properties and development in Northern Colorado. Generally, we oversee our own real estate portfolio, but occasionally handle transactions for 3rd parties. Our most visible local holding is the Aggie Theatre Building in downtown Fort Collins.
  
  We have a capital investment division which specializes in private lending and the purchasing of tax liens.
  
  I am both a licensed Real Estate Broker (Employing Broker) and a licensed Mortgage Broker.

• President / Chief Pilot

  Aviation Leasing, LLC / Formula Leasing, Inc.

  (Airlines/Aviation industry)

  November 1996 — Present (13 years 1 month)

  Our equipment and aircraft leasing company specializes in leasing office equipment (i.e. business phone systems), vehicles and aircraft to a wide variety of nationwide business customers.

• Founder & Managing Partner

  AltiGen-CTI Communications, LLC / AltiTraining, LLC

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  October 1999 — June 2004 (4 years 9 months)

  As a top nationwide AltiGen PBX dealer, CTI was an early leader in the sale, service, support and training for leading-edge VoIP phone systems to business customers. We were one of AltiGen's original and most successful PBX dealers and enjoyed working with numerous high-profile customers across the country, with installations in all 50 states.
  
  CTI pioneered the unique "AltiSupport" program which provided "branded" 24x7x365 remote technical support to other AltiGen dealers, and we also launched the exclusive "AltiTraining" 2/3/4-day "hands-on" administrator training and certification classes which what the only AltiGen authorized center in the world who could issue the "AltiGen Certified Engineer" (ACE) professional designation.
  
  I sold the company in 2004.

• Founder/President

  TeamCellular.com

  (Internet industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year )

  Late 1990's "Dot Com" Start-up for Wireless Phone Accessories. Almost obtained $8.5 million in venture capital funding at the end of the "bubble."

• President

  Western Starr Charters, Inc. / Express Charters, Inc.

  (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  1992 — 1997 (5 years )

  Ground transportation firm which specialized in charter buses and scheduled airport shuttles (now Super Shuttle). Started first airport shuttle from Denver to Colorado Springs to serve Western Pacific Airlines. We grew to our own fleet of over 50 vehicles (mostly large buses and vans) and had a lot of fun running this business. I sold my interest in the company to my partner in 1997.

Braun Mincher’s Education

• Colorado State University

  Business Finance 1992 — 1996

• University of Colorado at Denver

  Business Marketing / Administration 1993 — 1995

• Chatfield Senior High

  1988 — 1992

Additional Information

Braun Mincher’s Interests:

Working Hard, Traveling, Flying, SCUBA Diving, Outdoors, Car Racing and Boating/Wakeboarding.

Braun Mincher’s Groups:

Delta Sigma Pi, Jumpstart, Jump$tart Financial Literacy Coalition - National Partner, Envision / Emerge Young Professionals, Fort Collins Telecom Board, Fort Collins Museum Board, Fort Collins Board of Realtors, Colorado Association of Realtors (CAR), National Association of Realtors (NAR), Northern Colorado Commercial Association of Realtors (NCCAR), Publishers Marketing Association (PMA) now known as Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA), Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Sports Car Club of America (SCCA).

•    Integrated Alliances
•    Communications Technology Professionals
•    Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
•    Telecom Professionals
•    Colorado State University Alumni Association
•    Consultants Network
•    GetRichSlowly - Turtles, not Hares
•    MSPAlliance Group
•    AOPA
•    iSixSigma Network
•    Total Telecom Professional Network
•    Denver Telecommunications Sales Professionals
•    Asterisk - A Digium Sponsored Project
•    Telecom Executives Business Network
•    Pilots of America
•    Love Aviation, Let's Fly...
•    VoIP Focus Expert Group
•    Telecommunications Association of Colorado - TAC
•    ShoreTel Users Group
•    Associated Communication Consultants, Inc. - ACCI
•    Telecom Sales Pros
•    SIP Trunking & Enterprise VoIP
•    Telecom Association Member
•    Mile High Asterisk
•    5280 Linked
•    50 Interviews
•    AICPA (The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)
•    VoIP Specialists
•    Telecom Industry Jobs
•    VoIP for Entrepreneurs
•    Zultys
•    Telecom Tigers - Innovative Networking for Telecom Professionals
•    Link Into Northern Colorado
•    Hosted PBX
•    Channel Partners Network
•    AltiGen Administrators and Users Group
•    Northern Colorado Business Report
•    VoIP Joint
•    VON Conference & Expo
•    Fort Collins Young Professionals
•    Lightning Hybrids
•    Life Business and Money Radio Show
•    TA Project Manager Forum
•    VoIPstreet
•    Freedom IQ Dealers
•    Agent Commission Issues
•    Xponential Group Agent Community

Braun Mincher’s Honors:

Entrepreneur of the Year (1994) - Inc. Magazine / Ernst & Young
Interviewed on the NBC “Today Show” for a "Young Entrepreneur" Segment
Interviewed Live by Neil Cavuto on FOX Business Television (2008)

Braun Mincher’s Contact Settings

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