Peter.Ireland
Since the early 1980s, Peter been starting and growing
successful businesses. His first entrepreneurial initiative was Varsity Pro Painters a student
operated house painting service begun in his freshman year. Over the
next three years this company grew into a national franchise which
Peter sold upon graduation.
Since college, Peter
has
held executive positions with a number of corporations, both private
and
publicly-held. In
1988 Peter became a partner in Ashton
Montana
& Company a management consultancy providing financial and
marketing services to high technology companies.
Afterwards,
Peter served for over three years as CEO of Leisuretech Corp.,
a
publicly-traded company. He spent another four years
managing CalWest
an
innovative venture fund geared towards start-up companies. During the
late 1990s he was involved with a number of Seattle-based online
companies, including CBeX
which became the premiere mergers & acquisitions site of the last
millenium.
In
addition
to his own entrepreneurial forays, Peter
has assisted numerous technology companies
in selling themselves to investors, acquirers,
and
the public via IPO.
He
has appeared
numerous times on television, radio, and in print media to discuss
various topics
relating to entrepreneurship and creative financing for business.This
site has
been mentioned in the Wall Street
Journal. Peter graduated from Simon Fraser University,
one of Canada's
top
business
schools.
Currently, Peter is actively engaged in acquiring businesses
particularly those with renewable energy related technologies. He
also devotes
five hours per week to serving as a venture
advisor for other
entrepreneurs.
His startup manual is designed for
anyone wishing to start a
business and not just for venture capital seekers.
Be sure to check out the new Billionaire
Strategies Course for deal-makers.
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