Stephen A. Burgess

Current

• Co-Founder at OnlineBizHQ
• Principal at Global Marketing Resources
• Principal, co-Creator at Eureka! Opportunity Mine

• Chief Operating Officer, Board member at Entrepreneur AmeriCorp
• Board of Advisors at Smart Salt Inc.
• Founder, Principal at Master Your Business Intensive
• Chief Executive Officer, Founder at Corporate Toolbelt Inc

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Education

• Southern Oregon University
• California Coast University

Recommended

12 people have recommended Stephen A.

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

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Stephen A. Burgess’s Summary

Known as the "Business Prophet" for his ability to create and implement powerful strategies and interactive training workshops that maximize growth, profits and valuations.

#1 Best Selling author, noted speaker, and advisor to business owners, entrepreneurs and companies of all sizes. Specialize in aiding entrepreneurs, business owners, executives and companies to achieve exceptional growth and profitability as well as increase their valuation.

A 'C' level Senior Executive and CoB with unquestioned integrity and more than 25 years of experience and success in strategic planning and execution, and highly interactive training programs for companies in a wide range of industries.

The proprietary training and development workshops that Corporate Toolbelt provides are some of the finest available and feature highly interactive learning tools that transform productivity, efficiency, and knowledge of participants.

Steve led some of America's fastest growing companies including the 6th fastest growing small public company as rated by Inc. magazine. He has had senior roles, including CEO, for several companies going from startup/early stage to as much as $1 billion in revenue.

Stephen A. Burgess’s Specialties:

Business Strategy & Execution, Training and Development Workshops for Sales - Management - Entrepreneurs and more, and Leadership of Exceptional Organizations !

Stephen A. Burgess’s Experience

• Co-Founder

  OnlineBizHQ

  (Internet industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  OnlineBizHQ provides online and home based business opportunities for entrepreneurs. OnlineBiz also provides information products, training and support for business owners. We build businesses, real ones with real growth potential and real income potential.

• Principal

  Global Marketing Resources

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  Global Marketing Resources is an innovative leader in creative, effective marketing programs that produce measurable results. We get marketedly greater results for the same budget dollars. We like to say "the worst kind of advertising and marketing is the kind that does not work"!

• Principal, co-Creator

  Eureka! Opportunity Mine

  (Internet industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of this new startup providing books, home learning courses, seminars and coaching to entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs, both current and future, can learn all of the steps in starting or acquiring a business as well as get ongoing training, coaching and support for all their needs to ensure the success of their ventures.
  We dramatically increase the success rate of entrepreneurs!

• Chief Operating Officer, Board member

  Entrepreneur AmeriCorp

  (Information Services industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  COO and Board member of early stage organization dedicated to creating and delivering one-of-a-kind learning tools to entrepreneurs and small business owners.

• Board of Advisors

  Smart Salt Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Smart Salt Inc. is a startup company with a patented new formulation for a salt substitute. Smart Salt the product has 52% less sodium than table salt. This translates to improved health, lower blood pressure, as well as other health benefits.
  
  Smart Salt is the only alternative with the same taste as table salt, the same ability to cook effectively, and even better preservative properties.

• Founder, Principal

  Master Your Business Intensive

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Founder and Principal of this one-of-a-kind business experiential training program. This 3 day event is held several times a year for entrepreneurs, business owners, prospective business owners and executives. This innovative and interactive progam is based on the founder's extensive experience building successful high-growth startups into large businesses in multiple industries. It covers such topics as vision & mission, marketing plans, financial metrics & tools, negotiating, hiring & firing, play the Company Game, valuation creation, exit strategies and much more. Steve teaches what no MBA program teaches, what no other seminar teaches, and what highly successful people do not want you to know!
  
  Participants rave about the quality and quantity of information they learn and how this experience changes their business lives forever! Go to the website to read a few of the many rave reviews for this program.

• Chief Executive Officer, Founder

  Corporate Toolbelt Inc

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  February 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)

  Premier provider of interactive training workshops assisting business owners and corporations to maximize their productivity and skills.
  
  Corporate Toolbelt provides strategically designed and customizable, proprietary training and development seminars and workshops. All workshops are highly interactive and proven to get results from the Fortune 2000 and companies of all sizes.
  
  Founder is an expert business startegist who has built some of the fastest growing companies in America.
  
  Working together with business owners, entrepreneurs and companies to maximize their growth, profits and valuations.!

Additional Information

Stephen A. Burgess’s Websites:

• LinkedIn LIONs

Stephen A. Burgess’s Interests:

business strategy & execution, business development, leverage & high growth opportunities, training, organizational development, venture capital, board of directors, business startups, small business development, speaking, writing

Stephen A. Burgess’s Groups:

Chairman of the Board, Founder - Corporate Toolbelt
Chairman of the Board, co-Founder - Eureka! Opportunity Mine
COO and Board member - Entrepreneur AmeriCorp
Member of the Advisory Board - Smart Salt Inc.
Member of the Advisory Board - socialDragon
former Member of the Board - The Office Games Inc.
former Member of the Board - Access Executive Network
former Member of the Board - Santa Ana Zoo


Member - National CEO Forum
Member - ACCESS Executive Network
Member - International Association of Coaches
Member - World Speaker Association, UCLA StartUp, OCEAN, LinkedIn request

•    The Networking Community
•    eOffice
•    LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
•    OCEAN - Orange County Executives And Networkers
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    GroupLinked.com
•    Connect to the World
•    LION500.com (Open Networkers)
•    Access Executive Network
•    Let's Get Funded
•    TopLinked Entrepreneurs
•    Linked Orange County California
•    Online Business Support Network
•    Connect to the USA

Stephen A. Burgess’s Honors:

Speaker, writer, entrepreneur
Co-Author, "Planting Your Online Biz Money Tree"
Co-Author, #1 Best Seller, "Purpose, Passion & Abundance"
Co-Author, Top Ten Best Seller, "The Enlightened Path"
Co-Author, "Living in Abundance"
Author of 'Master Your Business', a comprehensive guide to conceiving, starting, and running a fast growing, successful business
Author of 'Naked Negotiating', a comprehensive guide to gaining "mutually beneficial" results

Noted Speaker at such events as:
Samsung Telecommunications, national conference keynote
Esterline Corporation
Achieving a Balanced Lifestyle Conference
Univ of Calif Irvine - Merage School of Business
Los Angeles Entrepreneurial Forum
UCLA - Anderson School of Business
Financial Executives International
ACCESS Executives
Orange County President's Forum
President's Advisory Council
Power of 8 Conference
...and many, many more!

Stephen A. Burgess’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals