Meet Our Lecturers
MYOBusiness workshops cover a number of areas and business issues, therefore we have partnered with experienced and knowledgeable professionals selected for their expertise to lead segments of each workshop. Our lecturers share their years of experience and learnings from the trenches, imparting their unique perspective, background and industry know-how to provide a solid foundation where entrepreneurial ventures can develop.
We do not teach theory - one cannot take theory and purchase something with it.
We do not teach theory - one cannot take theory and purchase something with it.
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Ken Jones
For more than 25 years, Ken Jones has been creating, building and selling businesses. His background includes an array of responsibilities with documented success in the areas of entrepreneurial development, turnaround management consulting, software development and implementation, and e-business creation. Mr. Jones' background also includes experience in financial management, sales management and strategic marketing. Mr. Jones has a passion for Entrepreneurship and his enthusiasm shines most in the classroom. It is apparent his priorities lie with his students' success. He was previously a lecturer at the Bauer College of Business for 11 years, where he taught Entrepreneurship and Professional Selling at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Mr. Jones is a Silver Fox Advisor and the Director of the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at The University of Houston. His responsibilities include continuing to educate students in the skills of entrepreneurship and new venture creation, in addition to creating and implementing the educational initiatives and community involvement that support the Center’s mission.
He defines an entrepreneur as "one who knows the outcome is up to him and wants it that way." This definition is proven everyday through his consulting practice, KenJones Partners, which targets small to medium sized businesses and provides strategic as well as practical advisory services for revenue and cost optimization. KenJones Partners also excels in the area of turnarounds and strategic shifts sometimes necessary for early stage businesses.
Mr. Jones has an undergraduate degree from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and received his MBA from the University of Houston.
For more than 25 years, Ken Jones has been creating, building and selling businesses. His background includes an array of responsibilities with documented success in the areas of entrepreneurial development, turnaround management consulting, software development and implementation, and e-business creation. Mr. Jones' background also includes experience in financial management, sales management and strategic marketing. Mr. Jones has a passion for Entrepreneurship and his enthusiasm shines most in the classroom. It is apparent his priorities lie with his students' success. He was previously a lecturer at the Bauer College of Business for 11 years, where he taught Entrepreneurship and Professional Selling at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Mr. Jones is a Silver Fox Advisor and the Director of the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at The University of Houston. His responsibilities include continuing to educate students in the skills of entrepreneurship and new venture creation, in addition to creating and implementing the educational initiatives and community involvement that support the Center’s mission.
He defines an entrepreneur as "one who knows the outcome is up to him and wants it that way." This definition is proven everyday through his consulting practice, KenJones Partners, which targets small to medium sized businesses and provides strategic as well as practical advisory services for revenue and cost optimization. KenJones Partners also excels in the area of turnarounds and strategic shifts sometimes necessary for early stage businesses.
Mr. Jones has an undergraduate degree from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and received his MBA from the University of Houston.
Deborah Hroch
In 1998 Deborah Hroch established Deborah Hroch & Associates, L.L.C, a full service bookkeeping and financial software practice.
A love of numbers, a passion for teaching, and experience as a medical practice administrator enabled Deborah to create this organization. Deborah recognized the client’s need for assistance with bookkeeping services and in-house systems. Deborah Hroch & Associates, L.L.C. offers to various businesses and individuals, one-on-one training, monthly seminars, and exposure to the latest software program for small businesses…QuickBooks®.
Deborah Hroch & Associates, L.L.C. is not only founded on sound business concepts and principles, but integrity, Christian beliefs, and family values.
Deborah’s aptitude, expertise, and computer familiarity permits her unique establishment of this service organization. Deborah’s status as a University of Houston Small Business Instructor in QuickBooks®, as well as local networking events, has provided her with speaking forums for such presentations as:
* Believing in the Entrepreneurial Spirit
* Your Chart of Accounts: The Backbone of Your Financials
* Are Your Books Cooked…or Well Done?
In 1998 Deborah Hroch established Deborah Hroch & Associates, L.L.C, a full service bookkeeping and financial software practice.
A love of numbers, a passion for teaching, and experience as a medical practice administrator enabled Deborah to create this organization. Deborah recognized the client’s need for assistance with bookkeeping services and in-house systems. Deborah Hroch & Associates, L.L.C. offers to various businesses and individuals, one-on-one training, monthly seminars, and exposure to the latest software program for small businesses…QuickBooks®.
Deborah Hroch & Associates, L.L.C. is not only founded on sound business concepts and principles, but integrity, Christian beliefs, and family values.
Deborah’s aptitude, expertise, and computer familiarity permits her unique establishment of this service organization. Deborah’s status as a University of Houston Small Business Instructor in QuickBooks®, as well as local networking events, has provided her with speaking forums for such presentations as:
* Believing in the Entrepreneurial Spirit
* Your Chart of Accounts: The Backbone of Your Financials
* Are Your Books Cooked…or Well Done?
Mark O. Miller
President of Strategies For Success, Inc., a Silver Fox Advisor and a licensee of the Sandler Sales Institute, is a business development professional with award-winning sales and executive training skills. He has more than 30 years of hands-on: management; sales; marketing; and sales management experience. Prior to founding Strategies For Success, Inc. ("SFS, Inc."), Miller was a valued sales/marketing executive for a Fortune 100 electronics company and Chief Operating Officer for a $30 million manufacturing business. In the past three years, he helped take a small financial consulting operation from $9 million in annual revenues to more than $48 million with an enviable national reputation.
Strategies For Success, Inc. utilizes counter intuitive sales techniques from the Sandler Sales Institute to prevent sales forces from lowering prices to get business, doing unpaid consulting and not closing their proposals. We teach the understanding of the psychology behind the sale. This empowers the sales force by giving them the tactics and strategies to close the sale or close the file. Miller has won Silver, Gold, Platinum, Ruby and Heavy Hitter Sales Awards from Sandler.
President of Strategies For Success, Inc., a Silver Fox Advisor and a licensee of the Sandler Sales Institute, is a business development professional with award-winning sales and executive training skills. He has more than 30 years of hands-on: management; sales; marketing; and sales management experience. Prior to founding Strategies For Success, Inc. ("SFS, Inc."), Miller was a valued sales/marketing executive for a Fortune 100 electronics company and Chief Operating Officer for a $30 million manufacturing business. In the past three years, he helped take a small financial consulting operation from $9 million in annual revenues to more than $48 million with an enviable national reputation.
Strategies For Success, Inc. utilizes counter intuitive sales techniques from the Sandler Sales Institute to prevent sales forces from lowering prices to get business, doing unpaid consulting and not closing their proposals. We teach the understanding of the psychology behind the sale. This empowers the sales force by giving them the tactics and strategies to close the sale or close the file. Miller has won Silver, Gold, Platinum, Ruby and Heavy Hitter Sales Awards from Sandler.
Kurt Stanberry
Mr. Stanberry offers tremendous insight and experience to business owners and students through his 33 years of experience as a professor of business and law. In addition, his background includes representing numerous small business owners as a licensed attorney since 1977. His areas of expertise include business formation (i.e. LLC, LLP, Corp., etc.), business entity succession/estate planning, employment/labor law, and government regulatory compliance/ethics.
He is currently a Professor of Business and Legal Studies at the University of Houston Downtown, and previously held domestic and international professorship positions in the California State University System as well as in London, Tokyo, Bonn and Seoul.
Mr. Stanberry is a native Texan, who grew up and attended school in the Houston area. He is currently in his 3rd term of office on the Montgomery ISD Board of Trustees, having served as President for the past 3 years. He has also been active in various local/state organizations, such as the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise Supplier Diversity Program, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Yale Alumni Houston Chapter.
Mr. Stanberry received his undergraduate degree from Yale University, completed his MBA at Temple University Graduate School of Business and holds a JD from the University of Houston Law Center.
Mr. Stanberry offers tremendous insight and experience to business owners and students through his 33 years of experience as a professor of business and law. In addition, his background includes representing numerous small business owners as a licensed attorney since 1977. His areas of expertise include business formation (i.e. LLC, LLP, Corp., etc.), business entity succession/estate planning, employment/labor law, and government regulatory compliance/ethics.
He is currently a Professor of Business and Legal Studies at the University of Houston Downtown, and previously held domestic and international professorship positions in the California State University System as well as in London, Tokyo, Bonn and Seoul.
Mr. Stanberry is a native Texan, who grew up and attended school in the Houston area. He is currently in his 3rd term of office on the Montgomery ISD Board of Trustees, having served as President for the past 3 years. He has also been active in various local/state organizations, such as the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise Supplier Diversity Program, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Yale Alumni Houston Chapter.
Mr. Stanberry received his undergraduate degree from Yale University, completed his MBA at Temple University Graduate School of Business and holds a JD from the University of Houston Law Center.