# Dennis Cagan

> Shadow CEO® & IT Hall of Fame inductee. Director on 67 corporate boards. NASDAQ founder.

As the trademarked Shadow CEO® Dennis is a nationally known entrepreneurship
and corporate governance consultant. 

Founder of the David Jamison Carlyle Corporation, one of the first computer-product distributors, taken public in 1981 on
NASDAQ (DJCC) and ranked \#32 on the inaugural Inc. 100 (1980). 

Creator of the practice of working side by side with private-company CEOs through Caganco
since 1983. 

Director on 75 corporate boards, public and private, across five decades.

Current Chairman of several companies including Bones Coffee Company. 

IT Hall of
Fame inductee (2011), for co-founding the CompTIA A+ certification program.

Brought in by SoftBank as interim CEO of a NASDAQ-listed public company
(MessageMedia – a Unicorn), later acquired by DoubleClick. 

Author of ‘The Board
of Directors of a Private Enterprise’ (AuthorHouse 2017) and an expert witness on
corporate governance.

Things I can advise on:
✔️ Solving business problems
✔️ Forming a new company
✔️ Building (or creating) your board of directors or advisors
✔️ Improving corporate governance
✔️ Making CEO-level decisions
✔️ Raising capital
✔️ Navigating M&A
✔️ & more

I have spent five decades helping founders and CEOs make the calls that are critical to success, and I would love to help you make yours.

## Offerings

- Video call (15 min): $250.00

## Example Questions

- I’m thinking of starting a company. What are the next few things I should focus on?
- What are the best ways to raise capital and keep control of my company?
- My company is up and running, what can I do to make it world-class andsell it?
- What key metrics should I aim for at different stages to be a best in class company?

## Links

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