Jonathan ("Jono") Shuster

Current

Executive Director at Entrepreneurial Standards Forum
Chief Architect at The Business Catapult
President/Owner at Acumenia, Inc.

Past

President at Harmonia, Inc.
Research Faculty at Virginia Tech
Program Manager at Acton Burnell, Inc.

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Education

Dartmouth College

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Jonathan ("Jono") Shuster’s Summary

In a nutshell, I'm passionate about helping people who have innovative and creative ways of solving complex problems -- especially entrepreneurs who want to realize their potential by starting or growing their companies.

As an entrepreneur, executive, and manager, I've gained a solid understanding of the full range of factors that must come together to build and grow a successful business. My background is in technology commercialization, both in industry and academia, primarily fixing business processes then applying technologies to automate those processes.

As an entrepreneur, it's often hard to tell what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong. That's why we started the Entrepreneurial Standards Forum, to help entrepreneurs learn where to focus their energies based on the hard experience of companies that have been down the same path and succeeded.

The Entrepreneurial Standards Forum's Benchmark Survey is a key technology behind the Angel Capital Summit (AngelCapitalSummit.org), held in Denver each fall. If you're an entrepreneur seeking investment capital, or an early stage investor seeking quality deal flow, you'll want to attend this.

Jonathan ("Jono") Shuster’s Specialties:

Market development, technology commercialization, executive development, business plans, business process engineering, organizational development, proposal management. Business development into large enterprises, including the Federal government. Alternatives for financing growth, such as the SBIR program for technology development. Technical background in project management, software engineering, software architecture design, usability engineering, quality assurance, performance testing.

Additional Information

Jonathan ("Jono") Shuster’s Interests:

Classical guitar, choral singing, martial arts, skiing, mountain biking. Other areas of interest include entrepreneurship, management training, organizational development, business development, angel investment, marketing, contract executive, public speaking, public speaker.