Lanny Goodman

Current

• CEO at Bridgeworks Inc.
• CEO at Management Technologies Inc.

Past

• Partner at Sail Services
• Partner at Wechsler & Goodman Inc.

Education

• National University
• Beloit College

Recommended

6 people have recommended Lanny

Connections

165 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Lanny Goodman’s Summary

- Successful entrepreneurship since 1971

- Full time consultant in strategic planning and self-managed company design since 1980

- Focus on established, closely held, entrepreneurial companies

- Developed systematic process for designing and building self-managing companies

- Author of The End of Management - Have More Time, Make More Money and Have More Fun by Creating a Company That Runs Itself.

- Speaker for Vistage International since 1992. Spoken to more than 160 groups of CEOs.

- Five times speaker at Inc. 500 Conference.

Lanny Goodman’s Specialties:

- Strategic planning with entrepreneurial companies
- Designing and implementing self-managing companies
- Direct marketing & ecommerce

Lanny Goodman’s Experience

• CEO

  Bridgeworks Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  February 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)

  Primarily internet marketers of 'how to' information for both professionals and do it yourselfers in a variety of fields.

• CEO

  Management Technologies Inc.

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

  August 1980 — Present (29 years 5 months)

  Most entrepreneurs work for their companies rather than their companies working for them. I help entrepreneurs design and build self-managing companies that create huge bandwidth for personal and strategic pursuits.

• Partner

  Sail Services

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Shipbuilding industry)

  October 1978 — August 1980 (1 year 11 months)

  World's leading builder of specialized cruising sails for boats 20' to 150'.

• Partner

  Wechsler & Goodman Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  August 1971 — October 1977 (6 years 3 months)

  Fine jewelry manufacturing. In three years became the largest mfg. jewelers in San Diego county.

Lanny Goodman’s Education

• National University

  MBA , Finance - Honors , 1979 — 1981

• Beloit College

  BA , Fine Arts , September 1966 — May 1970

Additional Information

Lanny Goodman’s Interests:

Technology, blues guitar, life

Lanny Goodman’s Groups:

System Club

•    eMarketing Association Network
•    Vistage - CEO Leadership
•    Beloit College Alumni
•    Business New Mexico
•    Vistage Speakers

Lanny Goodman’s Honors:

- Feature article in Jan 1998 Inc. Magazine on my consulting work.
- Multiple appearances in Inc. and Fortune Small Business, the New York Times and other publications.

Lanny Goodman’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch