Be your own boss

Claudeth specializes in educating the average person on how money works and helping them find those solutions that help the average person from being devastated by life events.

A former licensed attorney in the State of New York, real estate professional, and retail manager, Claudeth has a deep commitment to serving people. Whether resolving their legal issues, helping someone find that next home or introducing people to quality food and how it’s prepared, Claudeth’s passion is to be of service.

Even though I started my first entrepreneurial venture when I was 12 years old, I’ve never quite understood what led me down the entrepreneurial career path (I’ve had a very successful corporate career, working in the past for Xerox, AT&T, and Deloitte Consulting, while also serving on the boards of directors of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation and the Fox Chase Cancer Center Foundation).

I’m the youngest of 4 children in a military family. Both of my parents earned degrees in engineering from Tuskegee Institute in 1953, and my father retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel in 1975. While my mother’s father owned his taxicab company in Virginia when I was growing up, moving every 2-3 years (to 4 continents and 10 of the 50 states) didn’t give me an opportunity to spend much time around extended family (so I grew up thinking I had no entrepreneurial role models). While my parents stressed the importance of education (I earned an MBA in entrepreneurial, multinational, and arts management from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a BBA in marketing from the University of Oklahoma), they more importantly encouraged and supported all of my eccentricities (math was my favorite subject; and I’ve always been fascinated by the process of making money, but have never placed any value on material possessions).

I’ve started 15-20 entrepreneurial ventures over the course of my professional career, and my parents have supported me in each of these ventures as if they had been their own. Their advice has consistently been, “follow your heart, give 150% in everything you do, and see every decision you make to its’ natural conclusion” (thus instilling in me the independence of thought, internal drive, and persistence that have led to my entrepreneurial success).

So who am I? A compassionate son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, partner, friend, passionate social impact entrepreneur, CFO, consultant & farm manager, a business geek, and a lifetime learner. Three successful start-ups, one unprofitable startup that made a difference, and two intrapreneurship ventures in past 20 years. Proud to have helped many dozens of business owners reach their goals.

Excited by the vision of making a meaningful positive impact in social entrepreneurship. Improving the environment by connecting people to land to enable local, organic, sustainable agriculture. Other meaningful impact includes nutrition, hunger, health, community, seed diversity, food deserts, self-sufficiency, job creation, and economic empowerment.

Financial consulting service for small businesses. Founded, grew & sold two consulting companies. Unique IP sold to billion-dollar consulting company.

Founded and manage five LinkedIn groups with over 110,000 combined members.