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D.BERNARD Webster



Entrepreneur. Artist. innovation engineer.



D. Bernard Webster is an entrepreneur, artist, author, and highly sought after public speaker who has mentored nearly 10,000 entrepreneurs in New York and New Jersey since 2008. He is the author of STEPFORWARD: An Illustrated Guide for Advancing Your Entrepreneurial Mindset, CEO of Vanguarde Consulting Group, a Marketing Expert at BlackEnterprise's Small Business University, Managing Partner at the MVP Accelerator and current Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the New York Institute of Technology's School of Management (Manhattan Campus).


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ABOUT D. BERNARD WEBSTER



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D. Bernard Webster is a true renaissance man whose career is as broad and colorful as his expertise. In his early years he was an accomplished artist pursuing his Doctorate in Art Education by the age of 24. He later suspended his studies to become a teacher in the high needs communities of the South Bronx and Brownsville Brooklyn. Eventually taking root in that community for several years, Webster as a not-for-profit administrator raising more than $3.5 million in corporate/state funds and eventually receiving (2) Cngressional TEC Champion Awards for Pioneering Technology in Urban Communities.
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ENTREPRENEUR



D. Bernard Webster is co-founder and managing partner of (3) leading consulting firms in NYC serving emerging small business, media, and education communities respectively.



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ARTIST



Webster's recent release of STEP FORWARD: An Illustrated Guide for Advancing Your Entrepreneurial Mindset teaches entrepreneurs how to see their own strategic thinking in order to achieve meaningful business results.




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AUTHOR



An exceptional go-to-market strategist and agile "brand story-teller," Webster explains his experience as a professional artist enabled him to transition seamlessly into marketing communications and entrepreneurship.


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EDUCATOR



D. Bernard Webster is co-founder and managing partner of (3) leading consulting firms in NYC serving emerging small business, media, and education communities respectively.



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When I started the Fast Trac program, I was thrilled to find out that Derrick was one of the facilitators. Derrick showed up ready to engage and instruct and challenge our minds. He has a charismatic way of relating to students and I consider myself lucky to have had Derrick as an instructor. I've taken a number of courses at [NYC Business Solutions] and they've all offered relevant, valuable knowledge helpful to anyone starting or running a small business. For me, the courses that were facilitated by Derrick in particular, were the most informative, engaging and valuable ones.





Lisa Albanese, Business Development, BioSand Bag Filter Co


Derrick B Webster, is one of the most creative, informative and meticulous design/ marketing experts that I've had the pleasure to learn from. Derrick's attributes on fund raising, and sealing the deal, has made him a vital part of the Kauffman Fasttrac New Venture program. Derrick is a wonderful facilitator and consultant and it has been a wonderful experience to learn from him.





Azriel Alleyne, CEO at Freedom Solar Alliances


As a FastTrac NewVenture participant, I appreciated Derrick's clear and focused approach to explaining business principles. He also went "above and beyond", introducing us to additional frameworks that are helping me to better think through how to operate my business.





Sandra Z. Diaz, Hispanic/Multicultural Retail-CPG Strategist


[D. Bernard Webster's] Business Plan Course was one of the best business courses I ever had. Mr. Webster inspired me with both real world practices and business planning knowledge. I felt so ready and happy to learn new things every time I stepped into the classroom. He was just like the practice professors from my Syracuse University graduate program, elaborating theories with personal hands on experiences. From building businesses ground zero, from marketing, operation to finance management.





Yu-Chun Lin, Co-Founder at The Vikings, Inc.


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