About Venture Planning Associates, Inc.Venture Planning Associates, Inc., based in Carlsbad, California, provides consulting and hands-on services in all areas of entrepreneurial finance: venture capital, alternative funding strategies, Reg D Private Placements, financial modeling, deal structuring, entrepreneur coaching, business plan evaluation, mergers and acquisitions, and turnarounds. The firm also provides interim C level executives during project financing, startup, development, acquisition, merger, or turnaround phases. The Venture Planning Associates web site, www.ventureplan.com, provides online resources to entrepreneurs in 106 countries. Company subsidiaries include online marketing firm 360WebMarketing.com, www.360webmarketing.com, and the Expert-Zine, www.expert-zine.com, the web site and ezine developed to showcase Guest Experts in entrepreneurial finance and business development. About William F. (Bill) McCreadyWilliam F. McCready, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Venture Planning Associates, Inc., has more than 25 years of entrepreneurial management, finance, and business development experience in venture capital, startups, LBO's, Mergers and Acquisitions, deal analysis, deal structuring, and turnarounds at the CEO, CFO and COO level. He is a Founding Director/President, of the Hawaii Venture Capital Association and the Hawaii Venture Fund. He has served as a senior management consultant for major US and international companies and organizations, including GE Capital, Alyeska Pipeline, Bechtel, Battelle Northwest Labs, Sheraton Asia Pacific, Shimizu (Japan), First Pacific Davies (Hong Kong), U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United Nations Development Program. Bill’s educational background includes the following: MS, Nuclear Engineering, (Equivalent) U.S. Naval Nuclear Power Program, BS (Mathematics and Engineering Physics), Oregon State University MBA Program, University of Hawaii, Guest Instructor, venture capital, deal structuring and analysis. Before he became an entrepreneurial finance and venture capital consultant, Bill served as the Superintendent of the Mauna Kea Astronomical Observatory, University of Hawaii, Chief Nuclear Test Engineer of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, and as an Officer on US Navy Nuclear Fast Attack Submarines. For additional information,
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