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We are a team of entrepreneurial “activists” who believe that emerging businesses are the key to economic recovery and prosperity. |
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The 4M Navigator TeamDoug Tatum - ChairmanDoug Tatum is the Founding Partner and Chairman Emeritus of Tatum, LLC. Tatum LLC is the largest executive services consulting firm in the US with over 1400 professionals and employees. Mr. Tatum is a recognized expert on the capital markets and entrepreneurial growth businesses, having testified before Congress on more than one occasion concerning the financing issues faced by growing companies and US tax policy and as keynote speaker at the Securities Exchange Commission Forum. He is a highly sought after speaker presenting to groups of CEO’s nation-wide the material included in his new book No Man’s Land: What to do when your company is too big to be small and too small to be big. The book published in the United States in late 2007 has received four national Best Business Book awards and has been recently launched in mainland China and Taiwan. The book is slated for publication in South Korea by 2009. Steve Kimball - Managing DirectorSteve Kimball is a strategic advisor to CEOs. He helps CEOs and their leadership teams develop strategies to bring differentiated products, services, and business models to market and execute focused sales strategies. Steve also serves as a Principal with the Chasm Group, a nationally recognized Silicon Valley firm providing Go-To-Market strategy services to high-technology companies. Steve spent over decade starting, growing, and reinventing businesses and has hands-on experience launching innovative business models, introducing new products, and acquiring and integrating companies. Steve’s last four executive management roles were with Silicon Valley firms and included a start up division within a $500 million company, a venture backed start up, and repositioning of two public companies. Previously, Steve had a successful consulting career advising startups and Fortune 500 firms on sales, marketing, customer service, and information technology. Steve serves as a Director of The Venture Forum, a Director for Greater Richmond Technology Council, and as an advisor to the Virginia Council of CEOs. www.linkedin.com/in/stevekimball Brent Sapp, MBA - Managing DirectorBusiness/organizational problem solving, innovation, and implementing ideas are Brent’s "fastballs". He thrives on discovery and developing new strategies that can produce quantifiable results for companies, non-profit organizations and individuals. Brent’s expertise and results in branding and business development have enabled companies to reach new audiences, position their products and services as market leaders, and quickly build rapport with current and future customers. He’s also written a book and training series that is used domestically and internationally (www.championtraining.com). His experience spans several industries – he dives into new fields, ask the crucial (Freakonomics) questions, identify the "hidden truth", and discover new alternatives to produce results. He resembles the individual Daniel Pink describes in his book "A Whole New Mind" - He creates novelty and nuance not routine, he crafts emotion into facts and figures, and he creates "stories" that differentiate more than design. Brent is passionate about making difference here and around the world. He’s also a writer who strives to translate complex concepts into simple stories for others to enjoy. The 4M MissionBottom line: we want to move the needle of success for CEOs of emerging businesses. We are a team of entrepreneurial “activists” who believe that entrepreneurs are the key to economic recovery and prosperity. We’ve dedicated ourselves to enable CEOs of emerging companies to thrive in the current economic downturn and to equip them to survive the stage of corporate growth that currently decimates over 90% of participants. We believe Entrepreneurs are America’s competitive advantage; we refer to them as Economy Heroes. Economy Heroes 4M Navigator proudly sponsors Economy Heroes (www.EconomyHeroes.com), a revolutionary movement to support, honor and equip our nation’s competitive advantage: our entrepreneurs. Watch a 2 minute overview about Economy Heroes We’re in the sharpest economic downturn since the Depression. Big business can fail, we know that now. Corporate icons like GM, Chrysler, and AIG struggle to remain in business. We depended on them, invested in them and placed our confidence in them even though they (companies over 5,000 employees) provided only 3.9 percent of the jobs in this country. Small businesses fail too. In fact over 90% of emerging companies don’t make it, even though the 10% that do survive generate over 80% of employment and almost all innovation. These CEOs take risk to advance their ideas and fuel our unique cultural environment that enables entrepreneurs to march “North” while everyone else is marching “South”. They are not corporate “rock stars” like Jack Welch. Their stories are not as legendary as SouthWest, FedEx, or Walmart – yet. Economy Heroes are more important now than any other time in our history. They need attention, not bailouts. We must elevate awareness and provide support to our Economy Heroes. All entrepreneurs eventually face “No Man’s Land” (a term formed by 4M Chairman Doug Tatum, author of No Man’s Land: A Survival Guide for Growing Midsize Companies). No Man’s Land is an inevitable “adolescent” stage of corporate growth where 9 out of 10 small companies fail. Corporate adolescence often produces agonizing battles between the habits of a lonely entrepreneur and the immutable laws of growth. The result is often confusion, frustration, stagnation, and loss of employee morale. Our heroes face huge obstacles; they require essential information, accountability, capital, and political support to succeed. If they thrive, our economy will survive. Like the courageous immigrants of old, our Economy Heroes provide the fiscal hope for our present and future. They are America’s competitive advantage. It’s that simple. If They Thrive, Our Economy Will Survive Contact Us
Our office is located at: General InquiriesBrent Sapp, Managing Director and Founder, 4M Navigator - brent@4MNavigator.com Technical Support IssuesTechnical Support Team - support@4MNavigator.com |