NBI Advisors, Inc. -		Consulting to early stage businesses
Ideas2inc -		Investor in early stage businesses
Smither & Company -		Mergers/acquisitions of small businesses
The Database Solutions Company -		CFO of a venture funded company
Virginia Ventures Corporation -		Consulting to early stage businesses
Ernst & Young, Entrepreneurial Services Group -		Audits of early stage businesses

Carl Johnson has provided services to early stage companies and entrepreneurs for over fifteen years. His interest in entrepreneurs began through his self-employment through high school and college. He was a founding member of the JMU chapter of the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs. In 1988, He graduated and moved to Richmond where he was the first college graduate hired directly into the Richmond office's Entrepreneurial Services Group. Mr. Johnson later spent five years with Virginia Ventures Corporation, a strategic consulting firm advising startups and early stage companies. He also assisted the founding of Richmond Ventures Magazine. Mr. Johnson left Virginia Ventures to join a client, the Database Solutions Company, where as CFO he assisted the company in raising $8 million in venture capital over three rounds. He also led the consulting division to its highest revenue quarter ever and contributed two product ideas which were commercialized.

At Smither & Company, Mr. Johnson gained experience with mergers and acquisitions while developing business plans, financial projections and performing due diligence functions. He was later recruited to join ideas2inc, a business accelerator that raised over $1 million to invest in early stage businesses. Mr. Johnson reviewed investment opportunities, conducted market research and provided services to clients.

In June 2001, Mr. Johnson formed NBI Advisors, Inc., a consulting firm providing capital acquisition, CFO and strategic and business planning services to entrepreneurs. Despite a difficult funding environment for seed and early stage businesses, NBI has assisted over a dozen clients to receive financing, in many instances without giving up equity.