
Marty Zwilling
Marty Zwilling‘s passion is nurturing the development of leaders and entrepreneurs by providing first-hand mentoring, advisory board services, funding assistance, and business plan development. He is the Founder and CEO of Startup Professionals, a company that provides products and services to startup founders and small business owners.
He writes a daily blog for entrepreneurs, and dispenses advice on the subjects of leadership and startups to a large online audience of over 940,000 Twitter followers. He is also a regular contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc, and the Huffington Post. He has also published three books, “Do YOU Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur?” “Attracting an Angel,” and “StartupPro: How to set up and grow a tech business.”
He has a 30-year track record of demonstrated results as an executive in general management, computer software development, product management, and marketing, as well as in leading technical business transformations, conducting due diligence for investors, mentoring new technical executives, and overseeing business development, customer service, and outsourcing both onshore and offshore.
Marty began his career with IBM, holding an array of positions including executive roles in software development and professional services. Prior to launching on his professional path, Marty’s education included the attainment of Bachelor of Science Degrees in Accounting and a Minor in Computer Science from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.
A resident of Fountain Hills, Arizona, with his wife Libby, Marty is an active member of the local Angel investment group (Arizona Tech Investors), a Venture Mentor at Arizona State University, and member of the Advisory Boards for several startups in the area.