Ray Garcia

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Ray Garcia is the managing director of Buoyant Capital, a global peer advisory think tank addressing the growth challenges of small to medium sized enterprises. The firm coordinates its team of experts to help its clients improve competitiveness through talent management, global market expansion partnership access, technology asset management, capital investment and restructuring. Buoyant Capital was founded in 2000 in New York City and has helped launch several start-up companies and works as an advisory to company founders, CEO's, and their investors. Ray has over 20 years of experience as a technology entrepreneur, as company CTO co-founder, for four venture-backed companies. Earlier in his career, he worked as an executive for major banks including, Citicorp, Republic National Bank (now HSBC), Bank of America, and as a technology consultant to several large U.S. multi-national corporations. In 2008, he was elected to serve as an executive in resident at MIT Media Lab. Since 2010 he serves on the advisory board of Baruch College Field Center for Entrepreneurship. From 2011 to 2014, he taught an accelerated course in entrepreneurship at the University of Pisa, Italy, School of Economics, to PhD candidates and International MBA executives with a focus on innovation, technology transfer and venture spin-offs. In 2015 he is serving as a business expert to E.U. Commission Horizon 2020 SME innovation instrument where he will evaluate commercialization grant proposals of technology ventures.

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What's the story behind your latest book?
The book "StartUP SOAR Coaching" came out of my teaching of an intensive course in entrepreneurship at the University of Pisa. That course was attended by over 500 students in the last five years. I also taught the course at the University of Pisa International MBA program for three years. I was not a teacher of academic, I am an entrepreneur, but my view is that one has to put business into action fast to learn it so my book focused on experiential learning. I only decided to write the book after I saw some of my former student have success and could see evidence that what I exposed them to in the course stuck and made a difference in launching them into the entrepreneurial journey.
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
The world is a mess, way too much to do, I believe entrepreneurs are the ones that make the greatest difference in every economy so its inspires me to get going each do and pick a problem to solve to make the world better for everyone.
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Books

Una Guida per Internazionalizzare la PMI Come le Piccole e le Medie Imprese accedono al mercato globale via New York City
You set the price! Words: 23,730. Language: Italian. Published: December 18, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » International business, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » New business enterprises
Buoyant Capital Collective è un contenitore di pensiero per le strategie dello sviluppo. I consulenti c.d. “peer advisor” di Buoyant Capital forniscono servizi di consulenza indipendente agli staff manageriali che puntano alla rapida crescita sul mercato globale.
Launch a Global Business: A Guidebook for SME Internationalization - Small to Medium Enterprises are accessing the global markets via New York City
You set the price! Words: 20,770. Language: American English. Published: August 8, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » International business, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Development / business development
This book is for non-US small to medium enterprises (SME) when they are considering doing international business in and through the United States of America (US). It is a brief overview of a sample of issues to consider and is not an exhaustive treatment of the subject. It is meant to serve as an introductory guide for discussion between the company and their Buoyant Capital peer advisor.
StartUP SOAR Coaching
You set the price! Words: 79,150. Language: American English. Published: April 15, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Starting up, Nonfiction » Career Guides » Business Management
Start-up now, get inspired to create a high impact international business, make a difference by putting ideas into action, and produce a return on investment with your talents. If you are trying to understand how entrepreneurs think and what they do to succeed then this book is for you. If you are highly motivated self-starter, or a coach, mentor, teacher, or trainer, then use this guidebook.
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