Managing Partner at Red Rocket Ventures
George is the Managing Partner at Red Rocket Ventures, a growth strategy consulting, executive coaching, interim executive and financial advisory firm in the digital tech space. He is also a managing member of the FireStarter Fund, an early stage venture capital fund in the digital tech space, and the owner and Co-CEO at Restaurant Furniture Plus, a B2B ecommerce seller of furniture to restaurants and other food service clients.George is a serial entrepreneur leveraging over 8 years of investment banking experience with over 15 years of startup/digital management and 10 years of consulting in the B2C and B2B online space. George is best suited for CEO/CMO roles, consulting, private equity, venture capital and otherwise.George is a monthly contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur and others, and has been named an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, a Crains Chicago Tech 50 and Tribune Tech 100 member, and a Moxie Awards Mentor of the Year finalist. George is the author of 101 Startup Lessons–An Entrepreneur's Handbook, which has become a best selling book on entrepreneurship with over 2,000,000 reads.Specialties: Growth strategies, business planning, financial advisory, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, venture capital, private equity, business development, corporate development, online marketing, e-commerce, digital media, entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, corporate innovation, travel industry, retail industry, consumer services, business services, start-ups, expansion, turn-arounds.

Red Rocket Ventures Managing Partner Red Rocket is your "one-stop shop" for growth: we help B2C and B2B companies with their growth strategy, execution team and financing needs. We are particularly deep in the digital technology space, but have done work across industries. Red Rocket has advised or mentored over 750 companies to date and authored "101 Startup Lessons–An Entrepreneur's Handbook", a widely read blog and best selling eBook with over 2,000,000 reads to date. We were named to the Crains Tech 50 and Tribune Tech 100 lists in Chicago, and are managing members of the FireStarter Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund. We are a monthly contributor and thought leader on entrepreneurship/ innovation/ venture capital for Forbes, Entrepreneur and others. Greater Chicago Area
Restaurant Furniture Plus Co-CEO & Owner Post Red Rocket Ventures and Kessler Warshauer Ventures acquiring this business in February 2018, George has become the Co-CEO of this high-growth B2B ecommerce business selling furniture and related services to restaurant chains, design agencies and other food service clients. George is currently focused on driving the revenue growth of this business, with additional investments in sales and marketing. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
MediaRecall CEO/CMO MediaRecall is a hi-speed, low-cost provider of enterprise-scale digital video services and related digital video technologies. Anchored by a 2,000 person distributed media workforce and a digital video search platform. Business was acquired in February 2010, and today, is a wholly-owned division of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, a US$1BN film studio services business in Hollywood.
iExplore Founder & CEO/CMO Founded this #1 ranked website for adventure and experiential travel, serving over 1,300,000 visitors per month. Business was acquired in January 2007, and today, is a wholly-owned division of TUI Travel PLC, a US$25BN international leisure travel company based in the UK.
Credit Suisse First Boston Vice President–Investment Banking Did corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions in the consumer retailing industry group for clients like Home Depot, CVS, Linens N Things, Babies R Us, CompUSA and Pep Boys.

BBA Finance University of Michigan