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Through her work with the Small Business Development Center, the angel investment community, and as a small business owner herself; Jennifer has a thorough understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by entrepreneurs today. She is passionate about helping them plan for their futures. Jennifer works alongside her clients to chart the tactics required to meet their goals; making sure that those strategies are in alignment with their core values and life purpose. Once their needs are determined, Jennifer will create deliverables on a project or hourly basis.
Her vision is to forge genuine, long term relationships with her clients and be their life-long trusted provider by conducting her business with the utmost integrity. She also seeks to be a leader in providing resources, referrals, and recommendations for all aspects of her client's businesses.
Jennifer Gould, MBA, CBA
Jennifer Gould has lived in the PNW since 1970. Following her early career in property management, she purchased a small business in Kent, WA. In the next 12 years she grew that business from a 500 sq. ft storefront to two large locations and three satellite programs. She has also founded two non-profits. Through this experience, she developed a love of the entrepreneurial spirit, and, wanting to help other business owners, earned her M.B.A. in Leadership from the University of Washington, Bothell in 2016. She also earned a certificate in Adaptive Leadership from Leadership Eastside in 2016. Subsequently, Jennifer was invited to teach Marketing Management at the University of Washington Bothell School of Business in 2017. She completed an Executive Certificate in Business Analysis and Digital Transformation in 2020.
While attending grad school, she began her career as a Certified Business Advisor with the Small Business Development Center, and eventually after a decade of service, became the Associate State Director for the Washington SBDC. She increased her financial acumen by serving as a member of the Due Diligence committee for Keiretsu Forum, a world-wide angel investment organization. In 2019 she earned her Series 7, Series 66 and Washington State Insurance licenses, and in 2020 she earned her Certified Business Appraiser credential.
She currently lives in Bend, OR and is a full-time professor of Business at COCC. She spends her free time volunteering for the St. Charles Cancer Center and mountain-biking, hiking and kayaking throughout the Pacific Northwest.