Gary Bizzo has Mentored over 1000 business leaders, investors & entrepreneurs. Bizzos book, "How to Start a Successful Business The First Time!" is on Amazon. He was a National Finalist in the 2014 Business Development Bank of Canada Mentorship Award. His book was nominated for the International 2014 Small Business Book Awards. He was a Nominee for the 2014 & 2015 International Small Business Influencer Award. Entrepreneur Magazine, in 2014, said Bizzo was one of 17 Masters of Marketing & PR Entrepreneurs Can Learn From.

Bizzo is a Social Media 'Agent of Change' and an expert at managing multiple businesses with several hundred thousand followers on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. He helped change Canadian Law through Bill C-470 that made charities more transparent.

He is an Elite Weekly writer for Equities.com the largest platform for emerging growth companies. He is also a Contributing Columnist for Stockhouse.com, Canadas #1 financial portal and one of North America's largest small cap investor communities.

Bizzo ran two business incubators for 13 years where a community of entrepreneurs with innovative ideas were nurtured and supported through workshops, bootcamps, mentoring, executives in residence and financing options.

He is a Partner at Equifaira Advisors Inc. – Liquidity Event Planners. Equifaira are specialists in strategy & execution, corporate finance, capital formation & investor relations.

His next book, "Startups From Early Stage to Early Growth" will be in stores in May 2017.

What you'll learn about in this episode:

• What Gary's been up to since his last interview on System Execution
• Gary's upcoming books "Social Media Rockstar" and "Startups From Early Stage to Early Growth"
• How Gary successfully manages multiple businesses

Gary's recent work with Equifaira, a consulting company that works with companies that aren't public yet to raise money

• The system that Equifaira has in place to be in compliance with the British Columbia Securities Commission
• Why Equifaira is very selective of the companies they work with
• Why they help the people they work with sell no more than 49% of their companies
• How the social media piece fits into the overall system
• Upcoming projects for Gary

Ways to contact Gary:

• Website: garybizzo.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @GaryBizzo
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/garybizzo
• Book: "How to Start a Successful Business The First Time!"

A transcript of this episode is available at: systemexecution.com/managing-multiple-businesses-system