Larry Strassner
Austin, Texas, US
Austin, Texas, US
Startup Experience
Founded 1 startup
About Larry
I really enjoy creating start-ups or working in small team start-ups and growing them quickly and in ways which are profitable, meaningful and fun.
I created a chain of vocational trade schools with no financial assistance or resources of any kind and successfully grew that company into an multi-million dollar enterprise with vocational trade schools all over Texas.
We helped thousands of people to get trained, nationally certified and placed into entry level professional careers without charging students anything.
I got every program approved through grant sources and that allowed all of my customers to go from unemployment to that of training, national certifications and then employment in a high demand occupation without ever having to pay a penny for those services.
Our company did extremely well financially until the grant programs were finally re-channeled to community colleges which now creates an opportunity for both of us.
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1 part helping, 1 part business (real), 1 part science, 1 part friendship, 1 part fun, 1 part belief - Universal creed
Founder and Executive Director
Job Training Institute
January 2000 - September 2015
As founder and Executive Director, JTI created, managed and grew into 8 vocational trade schools across Texas who helped over 5,000 Texas get trained, certified and placed into careers at no cost to them.
University of Texas
MS
1982 - 1984
University of Texas
BA
1978 - 1982
UCLA
PM Certificate
1985 - 1985
CNI, MCNE, MCSE, CTT, etc...
Microsoft, Novell, and tech stuff like that