Mark Nissley is a professional leader focused on high-growth ventures. Mr. Nissley has over 15 years in business leadership roles, with 12 years of active participation in entrepreneurial growth cycles and challenges. He has been involved in the creation and transition of 8 high-growth ventures with rapid revenue realizations of $3 to $40 million. Primarily in the hospitality and service industries, Mr. Nissley's broad experience also extends to telecommunications, biotechnology, and energy. He currently serves as a program leader in multiple start-up enterprises, with projected annual revenues exceeding $500 million. Mr. Nissley attributes his success to a dedication to return on investment, key performance indicators, and relentless action. This is complimented by applied knowledge of entrepreneurial finance, including forecasting, capital acquisition, and business valuation.

Mr. Nissley is passionate about economic development in his local community. He sits on the board of multiple Pensacola development efforts, including the High Growth Business Club and the Entrepreneurial Development Council. Mark received his B.S. in organizational development and is a recent graduate of the University of West Florida Entrepreneurship Program. Mixed with business, Mark enjoys traveling, disc golf, rugby, and film.

My passion is ...

teaching others how to fish.

I know too much about ...

too much trivia.

My parents always told me ...

to get a job.

My childhood ambition ...

was to meet aliens in outer space.

My favorite memory ...

centers around vacation with those I love.

Why I write ...

to get it out of my head.

My first job ...

was on a masonry crew.

My best moment ...

happens daily.

My inspiration ...

is those people that are incapable of seeing obstacles as impediments.

Business > Entrepreneurial Spirit Business components for successful entrepreneurs

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Reference: In the first article on this site, I wrote "Energy can be defined as four things in this case (and in most cases): time, money, action, and commitment.... A successful entrepreneurial enterprise needs high levels of all four components. With these investments- and a decent idea- any business can be Manifested."

Let's talk about time. Time is the one thing that is finite. We can't make more of it. We can make more time available by a variety of time a management methods or simply by paying others to do things for you, hence "freeing" your time. We can not, however, add more tim...

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