Helping Entrepreneurs Launch Companies
San Luis Obispo, California Area
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- Founder at SLOJazzFest.org
- CEO at ARRiiVE Business Solutions
- Owner at AspireNow
- Education
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- California State University-Sacramento
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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Scott Andrews’s Summary
Business management and sales process expert. A master at getting in the door and building strong alliance relationships. Previous experience includes a Summit Club/President's Club history of success with IBM, Data General, EMC2, DecisionOne, and more. I've worked with the largest technology, technology service & support, and vacation industry firms. I've directly, or through my firms, provided solutions for Blue Shield of California, EDS, HP, IBM, LSI Logic, Safeway, Tandem (now HP), the State of California, and many more organizations.
I strive to make a difference through helping business leaders to empower their employees through advanced (yet simple) structure and management processes and therefore create more success while having fun doing it.
I am also the founder and board member of SLOJAZZFEST.ORG - bringing a world-class jazz festival to San Luis Obispo.
Scott Andrews’s Specialties:
Building high performance teams
Creating "sales-oriented" environments
Implementing business process and sales process
Sales optimization
Successful product launch
Reviewing & writing business plans
Creating winning proposals
Resolving business problems of:
high turnover, customer retention, customer growth,
improving forecasting success, and creating
empowered teams & environments.
Scott Andrews’s Experience
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Founder
SLOJazzFest.org
(Music industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Founding member of SLO Jazz Festival. Mission: to create an internationally acclaimed jazz festival in San Luis Obispo, CA. The festival is also sponsoring three awareness festivals, the first of which is the SLO Winter Funk Festival March 13, 2009.
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CEO
ARRiiVE Business Solutions
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Helping executives launch new products and services through business structure, business plans, securing initial and 2nd round funding, improve sales through better training, improving marketing by creating interactive websites and other marketing strategies, and build dynamic collaborative teams through business structure, software systems, and employee management strategies.
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Owner
AspireNow
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
2000 — Present (9 years )
Help business leaders build high performance sales teams, improve sales success through refined sales process, launch products & services, and structure their companies for higher empowerment and success. Have recently worked with professionals who have funded the IMF, and Hedge Funds for Alternative Energy solutions. Focusing on high technology, real estate management, energy/alternative energy, finance, and manufacturer/distribution companies, although we will consider other firms on a case basis.
Scott Andrews’s Education
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California State University-Sacramento
Bachelor of Science , Business Administration , 1987 — 1989
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Bachelors of Science , Business Administration - Marketing , 1986 — 1987
- Activities and Societies:
- American Marketing Association
Additional Information
Scott Andrews’s Websites:
Scott Andrews’s Interests:
Other websites include: http://www.howbloggersmakemoney.com, http://www.semanticcollaboration.com and http://www.coldtogold.com management structure models, sales technolgy, cutting-edge products & services, sailing, travelling, skiing, investing
Scott Andrews’s Groups:
STC SLO Board
VIP ReDiscover Board
Board for Internships, School of Journalism, Cal Poly SLO, CA
Churchill Club
Toastmasters
Plaxo Blogging For Business
Plaxo Self Help Group
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Franchise Networking -
Thoughtful Reduction -
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IFA - International Franchise Association -
Franchise Sales -
Best of Mediterranean
Scott Andrews’s Honors:
AspireNow chosen as Site of the Year and recommended partner site in multiple categories of business and personal development; featured on About.com and many other websites. AspireNow is a top 100 Self-Help Site on the web (PR5) and ARRiiVE is a growing resource for businesses. Who's Who in business multiple years, and I have many other sales awards.
NCL StarSeeker Award (for saxophone)
Who's Who 2008
Scott Andrews’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- getting back in touch
