Dennis Ford

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About Dennis Ford

Dennis Ford is an entrepreneur, author, and thought leader who is an expert in sales, marketing, and business development. He has spent most of his career launching new companies and developing a market for nascent game-changing technologies. Dennis has distinct value in understanding the world of global alternative investors and how that relates to high-growth early stage technologies. Dennis’s expertise encompasses using database subscription services to create business solutions and using the Internet to create an interactive dialogue between buyers and sellers. He is a big proponent of using profiling and matching technology to find that all-important business fit in the marketing and selling process. Dennis is the author of The Peddler’s Prerogative and The Fund Manager’s Marketing Manifesto, two well-received sales and marketing books. He is currently working on his next book entitled Fundraising in the Life Science Arena. Dennis sits on the council board at the University of Massachusetts Entrepreneurial Center, a venture start-up incubator that brings together venture capital firms, UMass students, and start-up companies to launch new businesses.