Mandossian Leads Online Entrepreneurs in SmartStart Campaign for Economic Change

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The number one reason new businesses fail is lack of knowledge and know how in creating a plan for building a sustainable business

Mississauga, ON (PRWEB) November 26, 2008

Entrepreneurs Alex Mandossian and Linda M. Lopeke, co-founders of SmartStart Giving, team up with billionaire Bill Bartmann for the SmartStart Giving monthly micro-fundraising call November 28 at 11:00 am Eastern. The trio will end the call by announcing the final three winners in Mandossian's $5.4 million dollar campaign to support home-grown economic change launched last month.

This week's winners join a team of fifteen American and Canadian entrepreneurs already benefiting from the new giving project set up to support small business owners who refuse to participate in the recession. Winners receive a custom-designed business development program including a year of high-end private coaching and professional management consulting to support them in creating and building viable businesses from their creative ideas - a gift from SmartStart program creator Lopeke. Non-winners who are members of the Business Success program also have access to the subsidized professional services but on a first-come, first-served reservation basis.

Bartmann is one of many global thought leaders who have come forward in the past year to support the work of SmartStart Giving by donating his time for the monthly interview. One of the 400 wealthiest people in America, he is the only self-made billionaire to devote his life exclusively to teaching others. His is the ultimate "rags to riches" story. From homeless at 14, to street gang, to high school dropout Bartmann took control of his life by getting his GED and putting himself through college and law school.

He made his first fortune in oil-field pipe manufacturing only to lose it all when OPEC slashed the price of oil. In true "do what you know" fashion and with a loan of just $13,000, he and his wife/business partner turned being a million dollars in debt into a whole new industry - debt resolution, working from their kitchen table. Today, their generous treatment of 3,900 employees is legendary and their faces have appeared on the covers of Forbes and Inc. magazines.

Mandossian and Lopeke are committed to doing what they can to support hard-working entrepreneurs in achieving their business dreams here and in the developing countries of the world. Their innovative micro-fundraising model raises money for Kiva.org each month. Their latest giving initiative, the SmartStart Business Success Program makes it easy and affordable for any entrepreneur or new business owner to get the training and professional support needed to create a successful business.

"The number one reason new businesses fail is lack of knowledge and know how in creating a plan for building a sustainable business" says Lopeke. The new business mentoring program makes professional management consulting and coaching available to new business owners for $99 a month, well below market cost for equivalent professional services, of which $50 of the monthly subscription fee is paid for by Mandossian leaving business owner members responsible for just $49 on their own. To purchase a subsidized seat in the SmartStart Business Success program go to http://www.SmartStartCoach.com .

About Alex Mandossian: Mandossian is a leading authority on leveraging the marketing power of the internet.

About Linda M. Lopeke: Lopeke is an internationally recognized business strategist and management consultant and the creator of the award-winning SmartStart Mentoring Programs.

SmartStart Giving is an internet-based philanthropy program supporting entrepreneurs around the world. Register for upcoming events and future giveaway programs at http://www.SmartStartGiving.org.

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