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David Newton
Provost
Dates at King's: 2012-
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David Newton was Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at Westmont in Santa Barbara, CA, where he founded the entrepreneurship program in 1990. He previously taught for 6 years in the MBA program at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, and 1 year at UMass-Amherst. The Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge named him its 2008 National Leavey Award Winner With Meritorious Distinction for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, and he has been recognized as a national Master Teacher of Entrepreneurship at the national Entrepreneurs’ Experiential Classroom symposium (2004-present). |
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Dr. Newton has served as Chief Economist at Hispanic Business magazine (Jan-Dec, 1994); Editorial Review Board at the Journal of Small Business Strategy (1993-1996); Contributing Editor on Growth Capital at Industry Week Growing Companies magazine (1998-2000); Moderator for small-cap stocks at eRaider.com (1999-2001); and Contributing Editor on Small Firm Finance at Entrepreneur magazine (2000-2005). Additionally, Dr. Newton has authored/co-authored 9 books including the ground-breaking Entrepreneurial Ethics (Kendall-Hunt, 1997) and How To Be A Small-Cap Investor (McGraw-Hill, 1999) – selected the November ‘99 book-of-the-month by Money magazine, and awarded a 1999 Top-10 Books in Investments and Finance by Forbes magazine.
Dr. Newton has also authored/coauthored more than 180 articles for publications such as: INC., Business Week, Solutions, Your Money, Entrepreneur, Red Herring, Biz, Your Company, the Los Angeles Times, Best Life, Small Biz Resources, Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, MicroCap, Upside Today, Fortune Small Business, Home Office, and Success.
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His 2010 book, Job Creation: How It Really Works And Why Government Doesn’t Understand It (co-authored with Andrew Puzder), has been featured in numerous national venture forums and conferences, and he has spoken on the topic at more than 20 events since its release, including four talks on Capitol Hill (May 10-11, 2011) sponsored by The Heritage Foundation. His 2011 book, Business Models for Entrepreneurial Ventures, has been adopted at over two-dozen colleges and universities, as well as required reading for numerous venture forums and business incubators around the country. His latest book was released in early June - Crisis Of Confidence: How Federal Taxes, Deficits, Debt, And Entitlements Threaten The American Private Sector (Foreword by Stephen Moore) – and has been featured in various television, radio, and magazine interviews and reviews, including Newton appearing on CNN’s “Your Money With Ali Velshi” in mid-June.
A sample of other speaking invitations include: the 23rd Annual INC.500 Awards (2003), Freedom-Fest 2005; Experiential Classroom Forum (2004-2008 at Syracuse Univ. and 2009-present at Oklahoma State Univ.); Young America’s Foundation National Student Conferences (2005-present); The Reagan Ranch Center Roundtable (2008, 2010); and Milton Freidman Road to Freedom Lectures (2007). He’s also been a frequent guest on CNN (2002-present), CNN-Radio’s State of Business in America, CNN American Morning, and twice featured on SmartForce in Silicon Valley.
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Dr. Newton is founder and CEO of TechKnowledge Point Corporation, and founder and director of the annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship + Enterprise Development (S.E.E.D.) National Collegiate Venture Forum. He has consulted to over 650 firms since 1984 in the areas of business plans, financial strategy, venture capital, firm valuation, strategic planning, buy-outs and acquisitions, and financial restructuring. He is on the founding Board of Advisors for the Santa Barbara Technology Group + Incubator, and continues to work closely with local equity investors in the U.S. and Europe, screening early-stage venture investment opportunities. In addition, he is a recognized expert witness in California on economic impact cases and private company valuations for legal depositions, binding arbitration, and courtroom trials. He remains active in the California Coast Venture Forum (since 1998) and the Santa Barbara-based Central Coast chapter of the M.I.T. Enterprise Forum (since 1990).
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He has been married for 30 years to Kim (a graduate of both Boston Univ. and UMass-Boston), and they have a son Jesse (age 27 – a graduate of Westmont) and three daughters: Katie (age 25 – a graduate of Vassar), Jenny (age 22 – graduate of Westmont), and Christy (age 20 – a junior at San Diego State University).
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Degree |
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| B.S. Business Administration |
The King's College |
1981 |
| MBA Finance |
Suffolk University, Sawyer Business School |
1982 |
| D.B.A. (Doctor Business Administration) |
U.S. International University |
1990 |
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