Lana Bates

United States

• Lana Bates is a leading authority on exploding a business's revenues, then helping them sell for high multiples or expanding worldwide.

  • Her company packages a business to be less dependent on the owners, whether they sell or take more time off, thus making the business a dream to run or more attractive to buyers.

• Thirty years experience helping hundreds of business owners resurrect their dreams as the owner of a lucrative and sellable business.

• Presently on the Board of Directors of the Equity Investors Network whose mission it is to grow and sell businesses.

• She bought as an investment and then resold the world’s first online website to buy and sell web businesses.

  • On two different occasions she developed unique products, licensed them to large corporations which has created profitable on-going strategic partnerships. And she can help other entrepreneurs do the same.

• As a Strategic Planner for Executive Retreats, and a Presenter to corporations and associations, she has influenced many positive business growth decisions.

• Co-author of the book, The Creative Innovators, the forward is by the business sage, Denis Waitley. She was also the Recipient of her state's Woman of the Year Achievement Award for launching and growing five successful businesses.

  • Worked extensively with the Small Business Development Center both as a consultant as well as being on their advisory board.

• Trained as a Board of Director's Mentor she has been a consultant for Boards as well as been invited on the National Board of Directors of several businesses and non-profit organizations.

  • She received an Appointment as the National Fundraising Chair for the American Diabetes Association out of Washington DC raising millions of dollars during the time she was in that position.
  • Traveling extensively in the United States and Canada, she has lived in Mexico, Hawaii, and also lived in France for two years.