As CEO of The Vantage Group, a South Florida-based private equity firm and specialized business consultancy, Lyle Hauser is forever seeking to tap into the latest trends and technologies.

Hauser, who founded The Vantage Group in 1998, has followed an investment strategy focused on offering capital and capital formation advice to early stage companies, particularly those geared toward making a profound and positive impact on the world.

Known for his tireless work ethic, Lyle Hauser readily admits that not every investment he has made during his career has hit it big, but believes he has learned and grown from each and every one of those experiences.

Hauser’s investments with The Vantage Group run the gamut of global markets, but at present he has zeroed in on such verticals as Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT), Internet of Things (IoT)/Connected Devices, Crypto.

He sees DLT as a game-changing force in global economics, and believes the IOT will in time impact every aspect of human life. As for cannabis, he is quite certain that the stigma associated with the plant is fast becoming a thing of the past, as more and more people reach an understanding of its benefits. At present he is concentrating his efforts on Cannatech (i.e., technology and innovation) and cannabidiol (CBD), the compounds in the cannabis plant that make the greatest medicinal and therapeutic impact.

In general, he has reached the point where he understands the highs and lows of the business of investing, but remains energized by the many endeavors he has taken on -- endeavors that he has undertaken on a global, national and local scale and that, he hopes, will have a wide-ranging impact on people.

Hauser, who attended the University of Miami, has in the course of his two-plus decades as an investor built on those lessons, while learning many more. He now shares all he has learned with rising entrepreneurs.