Biography

Ed Alfke, serial entrepreneur and CEO, is an early stage company
growth expert, business turnaround expert, leader in the
angel investment space and sought-after international business
speaker. Ed has been featured in over one thousand media reports
on NBC, CBC, The National, Entrepreneur Magazine, Canadian
Business Magazine, the Financial Post and The Times of London, to name a few.
He has successfully raised over $50 million in investment capital, founded 21 companies,
including Rent-A-Wreck, and is the winner of multiple prestigious awards, such
as BC Businessman of the Year Award and the Crescordia Environmental Award. Ed
is a guest speaker at numerous Universities, and his business achievements, which
include doubling corporate growth for ten consecutive years, were the subject of case
studies in many University MBA and Commerce programs across the country.
Although Ed became a self-made millionaire in his early twenties, he admits he did it
the hard way, on his own without the guidance of mentors. After more than 35 years
of building companies, Ed acknowledges he has learned more from his business
failures than he has from his successes. Today he is passionate about helping his
CEO Mentees learn from their costly mistakes, turning their challenges into victories
and fast tracking their success. Ed’s most recent project was recognized as one of
the ‘Top 10 Early Stage Companies in Canada and has won multiple awards for technological
innovations.
Ed lives in wine and lake country and enjoys time with family and close friends. He
enjoys heli-skiing and windsurfing and is learning to kite board.
In his FREE special report – “5 Critical Factors That Make or Break Your Company in
Today’s Economy,” Ed reveals his best golden secrets, strategies and tactics in this
proven, step-by-step roadmap to fast-track early start up company growth.
To receive your FREE copy, visit: www.edalfke.com