About Jeff Barson: New Small Business Branding Author

(My wife likes me to use this picture.) My name is Jeff Barson and I’m going to be posting to this blog.

While I’m a fan of enthusiasm and feel-good, my perspective is one of execution by design. You won’t read me cheerleading and blowing smoke up your skirt by telling you any secrets. I don’t have any. What I will post will be my opinions and what small tidbits I think I’ve learned about building and growing businesses. No plastic. No buckles. No BS.

Here’s some info including my bio so you can judge me. (Forgive the third-person.)

Jeff Barson is a serial/parallel entrepreneur. He has founded an advertising agency, publishing company and several other Internet-related businesses in addition to Surface Medical Spas. He loves the world of innovation and ideas.

Current Businesses

• Managing Partner & CEO, Surface Medical Spas
• Founding Partner & CEO, Nimble nimbleit.com
  Founder & Publisher, MedicalSpasOnline.com
• Owner, Renaissance Man Publishing
• Founder, Fight Club CEO Network
• Partner, Wild Blue Creative Partners

Formerly:

Managing Director, Russian American Society for the Protection of Animals

Managing Partner & CEO, Surface Medical Spas: He formed Surface Medical Spas in 2000 and has grown Surface from one part-time clinic to 5 clinics in two states with revenue growth of 5000%. He councils physicians and businesses around the world on the emerging revolution in cosmetic medical businesses and delivery systems – Surface Medical Spas blog.

Founding Partner & CEO, Nimble nimbleit.com: Nimble is an online marketplace that allows local businesses to manage their capacity in real time. Read the Nimble Blog – the musings of a nimble partner here.

Founder & Publisher, MedicalSpasOnline.com: The premier resource for physicians and medspa professionals. Medical Spas Online is read by more than 3000 physicians each month. Medspa Tags on Del.ic.ious.

Owner, Renaissance Man Publishing: I’m an artist. Here’s a link to my prints at the Jeff Barson gallery at imagekind.com.

Founding Partner, Fight Club CEO Network: A network of entrepreneurs and business owners.

Owner, Wild Blue Creative Partners: Advertising & marketing agency. Clients include: Agilent, AlphaGraphics, Ask Jeeves, Bailey Tree Removal, Camp 5 Expeditions, Cidco, Clark Planetarium, Commerce One, DataPlay, Honeymoon.com, InFocus, Intel, Iomega, Just Between Us, Maxtor, Microsoft, North Face University, Placestostay.com, Snapdog, Special Olympics, Surface Medical Spas, Telocity, U.S. Ski Team, Utah Technology Alliance, Warner Brothers, Ziff Davis

Here is Jeff Barson’s Linked In profile.

Bio

Born Logan, Utah. Schooled in England. High school, back in Utah again. College USU. Majored in Art after pre-Med. Two years Boston. Nine years Manhattan. Now 8 years in Park City.

A few years ago I was an artist bachelor living in Manhattan and hawking my tawdry wares through my network of agents and publishers. I spent my time painting for clients that included New York City Opera, Ballentine, Coca-Cola, yada-yada-yada times 30. And since, through numerous misadventures, I garner myself at least a little of a reputation, I was commissioned to paint portraits of Princess Diana as well as Vivien Leigh for the 60th anniversary of the release of Gone With The Wind.

I’ve been fortunate to have a few hobbies. Managing Director of the Russian-American Society for the Protection of Animals (An international non-profit 501c charity) based in New York City that gave me the opportunity to help save some polar bears and arctic foxes. I scared a whole lot of university students as I bounced around teaching, lecturing and tearing up their work. And I got bounced around a fair amount myself as I was taught Shorinji Kempo (beware of being the only American in an all Japanese martial art). After retiring to Park City (a few East Coast summers of 98 degrees and 98% humidity will do that to you) I put my art career on hold and changed direction for a while.

Moving to Park City I caught something of an entrepreneurial bug. I started a publishing company, a funky furniture company, advertising agency, medical clinics. Internet marketplace and learned some valuable lessons. I’m married to my dazzling gorgeous and headstrong creative director Shelly, and have one daughter Madison. (Shelly was not put off when, before we were married, I made her attend an opening of mine in South Carolina that included mingling with 600 women dressed up as Scarlet O’Hara.)

Fortunately, I’m surrounded by and work with wonderful people who attempt to make my life somewhat easier.

I’m glad to be living in Park City, Utah with my lovely wife Shelly, daughter Madison, dog Jai, cockatoo Loki, and horses; Pharaoh, Maverick, Cakee, and Moon.