Stephen Gearding Entrepreneur

2008-present: I help businesses navigate modern entrepreneurship to increase sales and profits by developing strategies to get clear on your business model, understand your numbers and best use social media. 2006 - 2012: Owner, Parlez Wireless, a TELUS Authorized Dealership. This was a bricks and mortar Retail Store selling mobile phones. The business did over 1M a year in sales and was successfully sold in 2012. 1997 - 2006: Regional Sales Manager, TELUS. I started working with Clearnet (later acquired by TELUS) in 1997 and was part of a pilot where six retail stores opened in Canada. I later worked with a small team to build out 30 locations across Canada in a six month period, and continued to work at a senior management level until 2006. My scope of responsibility was national, was responsible for attaining 100M sales budgets, forecasting sales, headcount and was accountable to the bottom line in our business unit. Strengths from this job include: fanatical understanding of business numbers, strong leadership skills, solid training abilities, ability to drive results and impact client experience, as well as strategic planning.

Small business marketing consultant focusing on cost effective social media marketing, web design, email marketing, and search engine optimization. Scuba instructor and dive industry online marketing leader.

Tony Babich Owner, Babich Properties, LLC. Real Estate Entrepreneur specializing in buying foreclosures / distressed properties and rehabbing these properties to put back into marketable homes. Certified Ohio Professional Housing Provider. Lead paint certification. Specialize in renting to subsidized housing tenants. (Section 8 program) Expert in Lease Option, work for equity, buying subject-to and property management. Trustee on the board for the Toledo Real Estate Investors Association. I am a straightforward honest entrepreneur who operates multiple real estate investing businesses specializing in single and multi-family properties.