With 38 years in the financial arena, Mel Pirchesky has a very diverse and, in many ways, unparalleled track record. His accomplishments include being a successful CEO and turnaround specialist, and an effective money raiser, entrepreneurial coach and marketer.

His experience includes:

• being a CEO of three successful manufacturing companies, a medical device company and an importer/distributor of supplies to commercial food operations;
• raising and investing over $50 million of equity in the western PA region;
• successfully turning around four companies; increasing the net income of two of those by more than $1M each;
• generating creative solutions associated with buying and selling dozens of small to medium-sized businesses;
• consulting to more than 100 entrepreneurially-owned companies focused on increasing profits; and
• coaching hundreds of entrepreneurs on how to much more effectively articulate their company's value proposition and how to understand 'to the depth of their bones' complex financial concepts.

Mel creatively works with his clients to formulate market positioning that allows them to articulate clear distinctions for whatever they are selling.  He uses both out-of-the-box and basic blocking/tackling, experience-based processes to more effectively resolve their strategic financial, leadership, operational, sales/marketing, and acquisition opportunities. On occasion, he also raises equity for selected 'great opportunities'.

Mel has a long-standing reputation of professionalism with his partners and clients. He has an extremely wide range of relationships that enable him to leverage the success and experience of other entrepreneurs.  He has raised over 45 million dollars of equity for more than 30 deals.

He has been a financial strategist, specializing in deal evaluation and structuring for more than 35 years; a lead investor in a significant number of deals; and a CEO, CEO advisor or board member in a variety of industries.  Areas of experience include high technology, venture capital, manufacturing and process automation, medical devices, and oil and gas drilling. 

His experience has led to a deep understanding of, and appreciation for, the strategic financial aspects of 'deal-making,' creating and growing businesses from an entrepreneurial perspective. 

Mel has two community commitments in life besides his family and career. One is to support entrepreneurism through promoting the concept that failure is not bad. To be an entrepreneur, one must take risk and risk involves failure. Failing as an entrepreneur is no different from the 40% of the games a world championship baseball team loses every year. The key is to learn from one's failures and mistakes and move on.

Mel's second lifetime commitment is to create a level playing field for minority youngsters. He manifests this by strongly promoting the expansion of the Greater Pittsburgh Council of the Boy Scouts of America's Scoutreach Program to include really hard-to-reach urban kids.

Mel was a tax partner with Arthur Young & Company, a Big 8 accounting firm and a predecessor to Ernst & Young.  His father, two brothers and he are Eagle Scouts. His company is named in honor of them and their achievements.

"You are an exceptional CEO coach, outstanding at what you do. I don't make that statement based on comparison, but because of what you have done for me. Strangely, it was difficult in the beginning for me to know your value....it was hard to comprehend.

Others said, 'he listens...he is tenacious...you won't be able to define what he does because it is created through the process of working together...Mel's approach is to get to people, then connect to others.'

I have had such success utilizing your approaches that I have become a disciple. Just today, I networked my way to a great entrepreneur with great prospects for growth; based primarily on the questions you suggested that I ask.

Thanks for what you have done thus far. I am enthused about the future".

Entreprenuer raising money for a large SBIC