Greenville Business Magazine 2010 January issue : Page 47PHOTO BY COMMERCIAL IMAGING Entrepreneurial Resources Let’s say you’re smart, aggressive, and you have a potentially great money- making business proposal but aren’t sure what your next step should be. Or, you’re a mid- sized company, faced with a chal- lenging roller coaster economy and forced to make tough management, strategy and budget decisions. Or, you own a large, successful business but don’t have the management strength necessary to guide your company through the rough waters of a mandatory restructuring. When it comes to managing busi- nesses in all different stages and entities, Greenville businessman Bob DeGarmo can honestly say he has done it all. De Garmo has more than 25 years of management experience with a diverse array of companies from small to large, whose earnings range from several million in revenue to those earning more than $6 billion in revenue. DeGarmo is capitalizing on his business experience and his vast array of international professional connections by recently forming Entrepreneurial Resources.“You can’t build a great company without great people. Many middle market companies have difficulty attracting and affording top talent when making difficult transitions. We have the talent and we can provide it in a manner that is affordable and effective,” says DeGarmo. “We also teach entrepre- neurs how to reach out to other service providers (bankers, lawyers, IT profession- als, CPA’s, marketing professionals) and how to manage these resources for their benefit.” DeGarmo was part of that legendary, precedent-setting group of Greenville business people who were instrumental in setting the stage for the growth Greenville has experienced in the past twenty years. That group included Francis Hipp, Rodger Peace, Tommy Wyche, Arthur McGill, Bob Small, Frank Halter, Bill Carpenter and several others. The de-facto head of the group, Buck Mickel, President of Fluor, asked DeGarmo to come to California and help reposition the company, which was experiencing marketing difficulties when petrochemicals, nuclear power and mineral markets plummeted. DeGarmo did not want to uproot his family, so he and his boss, Mickel, commuted to California from Greenville for eight years. DeGarmo had the opportunity to form alliances with many other business leaders, and this prompted him to establish and become the managing partner of Entrepreneurial Resources. “We have no junior associates – only experienced CFO’s, CEOs, and COOs. We view this as an important distinction.” Publication List |
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