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Since operating his first small business as a paperboy at the age of 12, Slinkard has been a lifelong entrepreneur. He has dedicated nearly four decades to empowering and guiding independent business owners on their business ownership journey and creating successful outcomes for thousands of owners.
Slinkard's entrepreneurial journey spans 40+ years of buying and selling businesses, including start-ups, across multiple industries. His focus on flipping businesses, improving their value through various strategies, and reselling them for a profit within a short period showcases his entrepreneurial experience and foresight.
Slinkard’s Recent Work Over the Last Decade:
Blue6™ is a consulting service and value creator for professional service organizations, including attorneys, CPAs, accountants, and financial advisors, as well as other knowledge-based service providers that require specialized training or licensing.
Smart Logic Labs™ is one of the country's most comprehensive consumer behavior research labs. It offers insights into communicating with the Boomer generation. Founded by Slinkard in 2015 and with over 220 empirical research projects to date, Logic Research Labs™ provides deep insights for companies working with this popular demographic. (Sold in 2023)
Slinkard founded the SCOPE™ Institute in 2022, a non-profit educational organization that provides education and literacy nationwide through academic courses and events. It helps business owners plan, exit, or sell their businesses successfully. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the SCOPE™ Institute.
Slinkard founded EQUITY4, a private equity firm that invests in companies to acquire, restructure, and improve them, with the aim of selling or flipping them for a successful outcome. He started EQUITY4 in 2012 and continues today with over 42 direct investments across 36 industries.
ConsumerPulse was founded in 2001 as a market research firm serving the financial services industry to better understand consumer preferences for professional service providers. This research led to the development of brands for nearly 300 financial companies in the US and Canada. (Sold in 2018)
Slinkard founded 4CHAMPIONS in 2020 at the forefront of NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) compensation for college athletes. When NIL regulations became official on July 1, 2021, Slinkard played a key role in helping student-athletes to monetize their NIL rights while maintaining their amateur eligibility. (The company was sold in 2023)
Slinkard's passion for sports runs deep. In 2015, he founded Indiana Sports History, LLC, with lifelong friend and colleague Doug DeFord to commemorate Indiana's Bicentennial sports history. The project created the 25 Greatest Sports Stories in the History of Indiana to celebrate Indiana's greatest sports stories.
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