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Carol Roth is a business strategist, deal maker and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Entrepreneur Equation. Carol has worked with hundreds of companies, ranging from a single entrepreneur with an idea to Fortune 500 businesses, on all aspects of business and financial strategy. Collectively, she has helped her clients raise more than $1 billion in capital, complete $750+ million in mergers and acquisitions, secure high-profile licensing and partnership deals, brand loyalty programs and more.
Carol is known for her tough love style- she tells it like it is, but as she says, she will give you a hug afterwards. She draws upon her broad experience base to provide advice ranging from the business basics to the bold (think firing your customers) with a fresh, no-holds-barred approach. She refers to her advisory style as the “Spinach in Your Teeth®” philosophy, warning business owners to never trust anyone who won’t tell them that they have spinach stuck in their teeth.
Ms. Roth puts her vast experience with the “good, bad and ugly of business” to work on a daily basis. She has over 16 years of business advisory experience, which began at investment banking firm Montgomery Securities in San Francisco (currently Banc of America Securities), where she rapidly rose internally to become one of the youngest officers of the company by age 25. She is known for her significant knowledge base, can-do attitude, extreme efficiency, client dedication, frank opinions and “colorful” vocabulary. Her experience has encompassed a wide variety of products and services, including initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings, private equity placements, private debt placements, buy-side M&A, sell-side M&A, LBOs/MBOs, recapitalizations, valuations, fairness opinions, licensing, marketing services, franchise work, start-up advisory and general strategic advisory work. She will also go out on a limb for her clients, who have asked her to do some very strange things, including filling-in as an auctioneer for a charity event auction.
Ms. Roth has truly “seen it all” from her diverse client base. Over her career she has worked with a wide variety of branded entities (her specialty is branded/consumer companies). Some of her noteworthy clients have included Integrity Toys, Applica and Pelstar/Pelouze, among many others. Ms. Roth is also a shareholder of and investor in several of her clients.
Ms. Roth holds a B.S. Degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, arguably the top business program in the world, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She has coined a number of terms and phrases ranging from “Cirque-du-So-Lame” (something that is beyond pathetic and pitiful) to “jobbie” (a hobby disguised as a job, career or business) to “business beer goggling”. She also is known for her propietary Customer Loyalty 3.0 methodology to engaging business senders and spenders. Ms. Roth is a former Director of Travelzoo (NASD:TZOO) and currently participates in a number of social, civic and other groups. She is also well versed on popular culture and consumer trends.
Carol is also a frequent radio, television and print media contributor on the topics of business and entrepreneurship, appearing on Fox News, MSNBC, Fox Business, WGN TV Chicago, among others. Additionally, Carol’s Unsolicited Business Advice blog at CarolRoth.com was recently named as one of the Top 10 small business blogs online and she is a contributing blogger to outlets like The Huffington Post and Crain’s Chicago Business/Enterprise City.
Interviews with Carol Roth
David Siteman Garland On The Story Of The Rise To The Top, Landing Sponsorships, and The Future
Today On The Rise To The Top: The #1 Show For Mediapreneurs: Hijacked! Carol Roth hijacks The Rise To The Top today and drills me (David Siteman Garland) on The Rise To The Top, landing sponsorships (one of the biggest questions that comes up over and over), and much more including “What’s next?” I use RISE partner Wistia for video hosting because they rock. Check ‘em out. Audio Only Player: Click here to download the audio file. More About RISE and David: Because Carol hijacked the show, she gets major props. Make sure to check her out at CarolRoth.com and on Twitter @caroljsroth. In case you wanted some fun facts about me, here you go: 1. I’m the creator of The Rise To The Top, which is the #1 Web Show & Resource For Mediapreneurs and features conversations with web show hosts/bloggers/podcasters/other mediapreneurs, tips, tricks, advice, inspiration, resources and much more. 2. In 2008, at the age of 24, I took all of my Bar Mitzvah money I’d saved up and started a television show in St. Louis, Missouri on ABC with literally zero experience writing, producing or hosting a television show. The Rise To The Top TV show focused on entrepreneurship and aired for 36 episodes. 3. To date, I’ve interviewed well over 300 diverse, awesome people (which honestly, should be considered more “conversations” as opposed to interviews). Some of my favorites include The Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger, two-time New York Times Best Selling Author Tim Ferriss, and former… Read More
From MSNBC to FOX: How Carol Roth Has Made A Name For Herself Through Media
I use RISE partner Wistia for video hosting because they rock. Check ‘em out. Audio Only Player: Click here to download the audio file. You might remember my evil twin Carol Roth on this episode of The Rise To The Top. Since then, Carol has continued to dominate. In fact, her book The Entrepreneur Equation (affiliate) hit the New York Times Best-Seller List and #1 overall on Amazon. One thing (among many) Carol has done extremely well is leverage herself into the media. She pops up everywhere…all the time. In this interview, I wanted to find out for all of us how she went about it and the results. Did she put a magic spell on TV stations? Did she beg and plead? What’s the deal? Enjoy! About Today’s Guest, Carol Roth: Carol Roth is a business strategist, deal maker and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Entrepreneur Equation. Carol has worked with hundreds of companies, ranging from a single entrepreneur with an idea to Fortune 500 businesses, on all aspects of business and financial strategy. Collectively, she has helped her clients raise more than $1 billion in capital, complete $750+ million in mergers and acquisitions, secure high-profile licensing and partnership deals, brand loyalty programs and more. Carol is known for her tough love style- she tells it like it is, but as she says, she will give you a hug afterwards. She draws upon her broad experience base to provide advice ranging from the business basics… Read More
How Carol Roth Became The Queen Of Entrepreneurship
Click Here If You Prefer Audio Only About Today’s Guest, Carol Roth: If you don’t know the name “Carol Roth” yet, you will be singing it later. Carol Roth is pretty much royalty. Her new book, The Entrepreneur Equation (Amazon link), hit #1 overall on Amazon before it was even released (woah). She has her own doll. She has raised BILLIONS (yes with a “B”) in capital. She has appeared on pretty much every TV show and has one of her own coming out. That is why I’m calling her the queen. In this interview, I got to slice and dice Carol’s brain to find out how she has accomplished so much and so quickly. Enjoy! Connect With Carol (and tell her you saw her on RISE!): On Her Website On Twitter Pick Up a Copy of Her New Book, The Entrepreneur Equation (Amazon link) This Episode Of The Rise To The Top Is Exclusively Sponsored By HubSpot: Today’s Rise To The Top show is sponsored by HubSpot, which is presenting The Science of Timing webinar on March 29 at 1 p.m. Presented by Dan Zarella, HubSpot’s social media marketing scientist, find out the best days and times to tweet, blog, email, update Facebook and more. Head over to bit.ly/thescienceoftiming to sign up for the amazing price of free. Subscribe To RISE: You can join the 100,000+ RISE enthusiasts and catch new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday morning, featuring conversations with unique guests on TheRiseToTheTop.com, as well as iTunes (video and… Read More
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