OUR TEAM
Who We Are
CHRIS BENNETT
Founder and CEO
Chris is an entrepreneur, mentor and investor with almost 30 years experience leading and scaling privately held emerging and middle market companies. He created Entrepreneur's Growth Network, LLC to help business owners recognize their leadership potential and navigate the challenges and opportunities faced in today’s competitive business world.
Chris has mentored dozens of business owners across the United States and enjoys helping entrepreneurs across many different industries. He has advised numerous companies about growth strategies and methods to increase enterprise value and participates on various private company and non-profit boards. Chris holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina.
KEITH BRZENK
Vice President of Technology, Strategy & Operations
Keith is a results-oriented Technology executive offering 20+ years of Business Process, Technology, & Project leadership across multiple industry groups. Keith has developed and managed complex IT organizations across the globe in countries such as China, Brazil, Australia, Europe, Venezuela, Canada, Poland, & Slovakia. His teams managed more than 50+ systems (SaaS/on-premise) from a software/hardware, security, DR, & resource perspective.
Keith started his career as an IT configuration/coding analyst and eventually progressed to holding Executive/Officer level positions with Fortune 500 companies. Keith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Chapel Hill and a Masters of Accounting degree from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
OUR NETWORK
Entrepreneur's Growth Network, LLC brings together business leaders; successful entrepreneurs and functional experts who are experienced in managing highly successful growth companies. By leveraging our connections and resources, entrepreneurs learn how to become investor ready and maximize value before a significant capital event.
INVESTOR READY
Entrepreneurs that can attract and implement a private equity recapitalization often create life changing wealth and we know how to do it. We teach business owners how investors evaluate companies by sharing scorecards and other tools used by investment firms; then we build a value creation plan together. Throughout this mentoring process, entrepreneurs learn that an “investor ready” company is built for sustainable success with high odds of a successful future capital event.
