Alison Gerlach is a successful entrepreneur and business executive with expertise in and passion for building businesses. After doing extensive research in optimizing the business start-up process, Gerlach went on to build businesses in industries including technology, entertainment services, consumer packaged goods, and professional services. Prior to her entrepreneurial endeavors, she was a strategic management consultant and an overseas investment banker.
In addition to building and growing her current venture, "Allie's Edibles", Gerlach spends a great deal of her time teaching, consulting to both start-up and large corporations, and giving lectures to both business and academic audiences on optimizing the business start-up process.
Alison Gerlach earned a BA in economics from Cornell University and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.
That's the number one piece of due diligence that any ... whether it's a venture capitalist investment bank, Angel investor or what have you, the number one piece of due diligence is ... is this the right team? In most cases there's a great hole there and I'd say my practice now is mostly filling t...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Alison Gerlach Discusses Decision To Study Economics and Reality That She Is A Die Hard Capitalist
Alison Gerlach States Many Times a Consultant's Answer is Right - But Doesn't Fit Within The Politics of the Organization
Alison Gerlach States Consultants Provide Options But Business Owners Make The Decisions
