The Team
Adam Steen – “Right Resources…Right Time…Creating Transactions
Adam Steen is the founder of 25 Connections, LLC. His firm specializes as an outsourced business development manager, opening doors for high growth potential companies who have not yet developed sustainable internal sales and marketing functions. He utilizes a solid network of corporate relationships and trusted professionals to help company owners vet their products or services in the marketplace. The intent is to cause them to develop traction and consistency in their approach to new business development. The model is an effort to independently commercialize business and social networks by accessing and maximizing targeted relationships. Read more
Doug Mitchell – “If you’re not findable online you’re invisible to me”
Doug is a 12 year tech start up veteran and is the founder of create WOW media in Des Moines, Iowa.
After spending the early part of his career in Enterprise Technology Sales, Doug took the leap into the start up world in 1999. Doug often remarks that, “Those 2.5 years in start up land were more valuable than 25 years in a cubicle.” During his last start up experience, Doug shed the daily grind of the Southern California lifestyle and moved his family to the heart of the Midwest, Des Moines, Iowa. There, Doug honed his network, flexed his online findability muscles, and launched his own company in 2005. Read more
Jeff Garrison – “Everything Starts with a Sale”
If you can’t build a successful sales team, you’re not alone. Jeff Garrison will help you build and cultivate a team that will take your business to the next level.
Jeff Garrison is the founder of JCG Consulting that specializes in helping small businesses to increase sales. JCG Consulting analyzes the sales philosophy, culture, systems, and skills of each client. An action plan is then created and implemented resulting in a significant increase in sales. Read more
Tom Swartwood – aka “Money Man”
If you think Jim Cramer is over the top…get a load of this guy! Tom slings it with the best of them and still claims Jersey as his home even though he’s been in Iowa forever.
Mr. Swartwood is a Managing Director of Swartwood Hesse Inc., a New York-based investment banking firm that specializes in financing entrepreneurial businesses. He is also the founder of The Pointer Group LLC, a Des Moines-based small business advisory firm. He is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Drake University. He also teaches business law and other management and finance courses at local colleges. Read more
