It has been statistically proven that in many cases small businesses lose out to big corporations for a simple reason: they don’t look big enough.

It is not that the small guys don’t have the product or the service that will serve the end customer sufficiently. It is simply that they don’t have many of the tools that large businesses use. One Los Angeles-based entrepreneur, Chris Kerstner (USC Alumnus), has not only taken note of this handicap that small businesses have, but is going the extra mile to make sure that all small businesses can have the tools they need to compete in a large business environment. Continue reading on Forbes.com.

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Author: Tim Smith

It’s one thing to be an entrepreneur. But it’s an entirely different thing to be a recent college graduate, who founded your own Web design company before even starting college.

Such is the story, however, for 23-year-old Chris Kerstner, a former Newport Beach resident and founder and C.E.O. of StreamlinedFusion.com which does Web design work for Yahoo!, Go2 and other clients. Continue reading on OCRegister.com.

Source: OCRegister.com
Author: Niyaz Pirani

Chris Kerstner

A serial entrepreneur at heart, Chris Kerstner is currently in the process of building his 7th entrepreneurial company, all of which are active profitable companies. Los Angeles based Streamlined Fusion, his largest company, specializes in digital solutions that power marketing™. Founded in 1999, StreamlinedFusion provides businesses with a mix of non-traditional marketing strategies and web 3.0 digital media to help them better sell their products and services. StreamlinedFusion’s portfolio includes fortune 1000 companies such as Yahoo.com® and Go2®, all the way down to mom and pop restaurants and all this business in 100% client referral based.

Chris holds two degrees; a BS in Entrepreneurial Studies from the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University Of Southern California Marshall School Of Business and a BS in strategic management also from the Marshall School Of Business. Chris firmly believes in creating success through building relationship. This is most evident in his run as president of the USC Entrepreneur Club where he took it from 35 stagnating members to a powerhouse of 500+ active members in only 4 weeks. The USC Entrepreneur Club is now the largest student organization at USC (by almost double) and it is also the largest student entrepreneurial group in the nation!

Chris enjoys surfing as much as possible at his Manhattan Beach home with friends and business associates. Driven by overcoming challenges prevalent in any entrepreneurial venture he hopes to continually grow his businesses into the future.

Author: List Lampert