Joel Block

Current

Member, Board of Directors at Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club
Editorial Contributor at Red Country
Faculty Member at Brian Tracy's iLearning Global Business Success Program

Editorial Contributor and Mentor at The SOP
Editorial Contributor at Newsblaze
Owner at Growth-Logic, Inc.

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Past

Business Partner/Financial Fax at Los Angeles Times
Staff Accountant at Price Waterhouse
Intern at Deloitte Touche

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Education

California State University-Northridge
University of California, Los Angeles

Recommended

27 people have recommended Joel

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

Joel Block’s Summary

Often dubbed a “Growth Architect” by his clients, Joel Block delights in the challenge of starting businesses, growing them, and helping them realize their highest potential.

Well-known and respected in his field both nationally and internationally, Joel has enjoyed the opportunity to assist start-up, pre-revenue, and middle market businesses in a variety of industries through his advisory services and professional speaking engagements including conferences, workshops, telephone seminars, and appearances at universities. He’s also been a contributor to such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Investors’ Business Daily, allowing his knowledge to reach hopeful entrepreneurs worldwide.

Block began his career with Price Waterhouse and soon moved on to create his own successful real estate syndication firm. His proudest accomplishment, however, was his success in creating and marketing Financial Fax, a personalized “newspaper” of selected stock market information. This business was sold to the LA Times in 1995, by which time it was widely distributed throughout the investment community.

Block’s current business, Growth-Logic, was founded in 1990 and since that time, Joel has had the opportunity to do what he most enjoys – that is, teaching others to be successful. Very much an out-of-the-box strategist, he advises companies on how to be more profitable in their entrepreneurial ventures through innovative means.

In the role of “America’s Business Growth Guru”, as he’s known by the media, Joel plans to continue to function as an expert in accelerating growth for years to come, helping both new and existing businesses recognize their highest potential and retain their competitive edge in this growing global marketplace.

Joel Block’s Specialties:

Media, publishing, plastics, recycling, sports, football, boxing, golf, newspapers, radio, revenue development, sales, sales force development, sales force management, strategic planning, fund raising, syndication, capital structure, professional speaker, best selling author, Buyout, Private Equity, film finance, real estate, Mergers and Acquisition, Board of Directors, Board of Advisors,

Joel Block’s Experience

Member, Board of Directors

Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 2009 — Present (6 months)
Editorial Contributor

Red Country

(Newspapers industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Faculty Member

Brian Tracy's iLearning Global Business Success Program

(E-Learning industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

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Faculty members are the world’s master teachers, contributing their top quality content from their own libraries for ILG members to learn from and grow their businesses. Such an impressive collection of powerful educational materials from the best entrepreneurs and business success teachers, mentors, coaches and advisors from every corner of the globe has never been assembled before.
Editorial Contributor and Mentor

The SOP

(Newspapers industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Editorial Contributor

Newsblaze

(Newspapers industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Owner

Growth-Logic, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

February 1991 — Present (18 years 6 months)

Joel’s clients have included:

Newark Star Ledger; Amgen; Hilton Hotels; Hiram Walker; Arizona Republic; Honolulu Advertiser; Omaha World Herald; Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Houston Chronicle; Oregonian; AT&T; J.D. Power; Orlando Sentinel; Atlanta Journal & Constitution; KABC 790; KLIF 570; Philadelphia Inquirer; Baltimore Sun; KPRC 950; Prudential Securities; Boston Globe; KRLD 1080; Rocky Mountain Post; Business Wire (Berkshire Hathaway); KSEV 700; Salt Lake City Tribune; KTBZ 94.5; San Diego Union Tribune; Chicago Sun Times; KTCK 1310; San Jose Mercury News; Cincinnati Plain Dealer; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Circuit City; LCI (Part of Qwest); Sporting News; Dallas Morning News; Los Angeles Times; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Standard & Poors; Detroit Free Press; Wall Street Journal; Miami Herald; Entrepreneur Magazine; Milwaukee Journal; Financial Times; Minneapolis Star Tribune; Value Line; Money Magazine; WABC; Washington Post; New Orleans Picayune; Wedbush Morgan; Newsday; WMAQ 67
Business Partner/Financial Fax

Los Angeles Times

(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

1991 — 1996 (5 years)
Staff Accountant

Price Waterhouse

(Management Consulting industry)

1985 — 1986 (1 year)

Among other assignments, I worked on the Academy Awards.
Intern

Deloitte Touche

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

January 1984 — March 1984 (3 months)

When I was with this firm, it was called Touche Ross.

Joel Block’s Education

California State University-Northridge

BS , Accounting , 1983 — 1984
University of California, Los Angeles

Economics 1980 — 1981

Additional Information

Joel Block’s Websites:

Joel Block’s Interests:

Baseball, Dodgers Electronics, Travel, Public Speaking, Cigars, Wine, Scotch, Negotiation, Capital Raising, Entrepreneurship, Business Start Up, Business Sale, Selling, Sales, Management, Strategy, finance, management, profit, accounting, financing, executive, consulting, workshops, training, speeches, education, coaching, guidance, advice, advisory, managers, planning, strategic, budget, profitability, leader, National Speakers Association, NSA, IMC, Institute of Management Consultants, CMC, CPA, corporate, Certified Management Consultant, recruiting, technical expertise, mergers & acquisitions, Cash flow, CFO for Rent, forecasting, projections, business plans, operating plans, strategic plans, board of directors, advisory board, success, high energy, financial reporting, financial statements, strategy, long-term goals, goal setting, financial systems, budget variance control, policies and procedures, start-up, technology, turnaround, crisis management, fund raising

Joel Block’s Groups:

All Cities Resource Group, California Capital Marketplace, Los Angeles Venture Association, Association for Corporate Growth, Commercial Finance Association