Joel Block

• Internationally acclaimed speaker and business development authority
  
• Growth architect and strategist to entrepreneurs and the largest corporations
  
• Successful Entrepreneur
• The Revenue Builder™ Program author and developer
• Co-author of best selling series "Wake Up Live the Life You Love"



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Joel's Background

Often dubbed a "growth architect" by his clients, Joel thrives in helping audiences to overcome business challenges by transferring powerful and usable skills so that participants can help their companies to achieve its highest potential.

He's well known and respected in his field both nationally and internationally, developing start-up, pre-revenue and middle market businesses within a range of industries, offering advisory services and professional speaking engagements including conferences, workshops, telephone seminars and university appearances. Joel is a best selling author, assisting hopeful entrepreneurs worldwide with publications in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Investor's Business Daily.

Joel began his career at Price Waterhouse, later developing his own successful real estate syndication firm. His proudest accomplishment to date was in the successful creation and marketing of Financial Fax, a personalized newspaper of selected stock market information. Financial Fax was sold to Los Angeles Times in 1995, at which time it was widely distributed throughout the investment community.

In 1990, Joel founded his current business, Growth-Logic. In this role, he does what he most enjoys -- teaching other entrepreneurs and business leaders how to be extremely successful. An out-of-the-box strategist, Joel speaks to corporate audiences to help improve their skills -- making them stronger contributors to their teams. He also advises companies on ways they can be more profitable in their ventures using innovative and entrepreneurial means.

As "America's Business Growth Guru", Joel's media-coined title, he accelerates organizational growth, helping both new and existing businesses recognize their greatest potential and retain their competitive edge in our growing global marketplace.

Summary of Presentation Topics

• Problem Solving for Corporations - Entrepreneur Style - Strategies That Maximize Productivity, Morale and Profitability
• 14 Entrepreneurial Laws for Corporate Success - Leveraging Corporate Power and Entrepreneurial Ingenuity for Dynamic Results
• Revenue Octopus™ - Forget about Squeezing Tomatoes and Create Revenue Watermelons Instead!
• Guru Marketing - How to Position Yourself (and/or your company) as a World Class Expert
  
• Creating Buyers™ - Getting Prospects Begging to Become Your Customers

Additional topics, as well as customized versions of these topics, are also available.

Highlights of Media Interviews

• Entrepreneur Magazine interview on revenue diversification and growth strategies
• Investor's Business Daily interview on corporate compliance with federal securities laws
  
• Investor's Business Daily interview on intrepreneuring, or ways to build a company within a larger organization
• San Fernando Valley Business Journal interview
• Los Angeles Times interview on salary negotiations
• Wall Street Journal interview on "Avoiding Problems with Corporate Stock Options for Highly Compensated Executives"

Highlights of Articles and Publications

• "Expose the Gap to Close the Gap" (submission titled, "Give Your Business a Jump Start"), a white paper discussing sales effectiveness published on the American Venture magazine website
• "Growing Your Practice: Buy vs. Build", a co-authored article published in Accounting and Financial Planning for the Law Firm’s Newsletter
• "Exit Strategies for Law Firms, The Exit Attitude: A Strong Firm for a Strong Future", an article published in Accounting and Financial Planning for the Law Firm's Newsletter
• "Mutual Funds: Watch the Financial Lessons You Teach", a co-authored article published in Physician's Money Digest
• "What Happens When What's Supposed to be Hot is Not: The Secret Sauce of Successful Investors", an article published in Physician's Money Digest
• "The Road to Wealth Creation: Up or Down, Pick Your Pleasure", a co-authored article published in Physician's Money Digest
  
• "Sing a Song of Your Own Wealth Creation", a co-authored article published in Physician's Money Digest
• "Disciplining Today's Youth on the Value of Money", a co-authored article published in Physician's Money Digest
  
• "Information Overload: When Is It Too Much", an article published in Physician's Money Digest
• "To Act or Not to Act", a co-authored article published in the Los Angeles Business Journal
• "Give Your Customers the Money to Buy Your Products", an article published in Sharing Ideas Magazine

Reprints of interviews, articles and publications are available upon request.

Business Networking Activities

• Joel has been an active member and strong leader in the Los Angeles Networking community since 1996. He's also moderated multiple, monthly All Cities Resource Group meetings since 2001, uniting thousands of members and guests at hundreds of formal meetings.


• Joel is founder of the California Capital Marketplace, one of the most influential finance organizations in Southern California. He's acted as president since its inception in 2002 through 2005, when he passed the opportunity to a fellow member.


• Joel participates in the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), the Commercial Finance Association, the Association for Corporate Growth and is a frequent speaker at business functions.

Business Experience and History

• 2001 - Present: Joel begins speaking professionally. Since 2001, Joel moderates hundreds of panels and he speaks to countless audiences on corporate and entrepreneurial topics.
• 2001 - Present: Growth-Logic continues to offer business advisory services, raising capital for client companies, building sales forces and at times, garnering equity interest in their success.
• 2001: Sharefax was renamed Growth-Logic, Inc., concentrating on hyper-growth consulting and momentum building with an emphasis on strategic planning, sales growth and capital development.
• 1998 - 2001: Consulted various companies primarily in the technology industry. Served as interim CEO and other key positions while raising capital, preparing strategic plans and rendering selling services.
  
• 1996 - 1997: Consulted Dallas-based sports publishing company, later serving as president and publisher.
• 1994 - 1997: Contracted with LCI Communications agency to resell long distance services, supporting Financial Fax activities. Placed T1 services into corporate accounts.
  
• 1990 - 1996: Created the Financial Fax personalized stock portfolio concept; secured Los Angeles Times as lead strategic investor in 1992, serving as the company’s president and publisher until divestiture was complete in 1995. Continued in company management through 1996.
• 1987 - 1990: Launched Southwest Pacific Corporation, a real estate investment and property management firm; originated eight real estate property syndications through limited partnerships while acting as one of two general partners.
  
• 1988 - 1994: Held Colorado Certified Public Accountant license.
• 1986 - Present: Holds California real estate license.
• 1985 - 1986: Supported Price Waterhouse’s Entrepreneurial Services Group with emphasis on tax and specific accounting-related practices.
• 1984: Passed National CPA exam in its entirety during one sitting.
• 1984: Internship at Touche Ross primarily offering audit-related services.

Education

• UCLA - Economics minor
• CSU Northridge - B.S. accounting with a minor in real estate and finance

University Work

• Guest lecturer at Antioch University, California State University and the University of Southern California on business growth, strategy and successful entrepreneurship topics

Current Licenses Held

• California Life and Health insurance license issued in January 2002
• California Department of Real Estate License issued in February 2004

Retired Licenses

• California Property & Casualty insurance license issued in 2002
• Colorado CPA Certificate issued in 1987
• California Notary License issued in 1986