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Bob Kotch

Board member, President of Sim Associates, angel investor, startup and business advisor

North Salem, New York

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $10,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Work Experience

  • President

    1996

    SIM Associates is a global business advisor focused on helping businesses achieve extraordinary results through proper planning, financial management, operational process deployment and technology application. Bob’s background includes experience as a divisional CIO, finance head and strategic planner for a fortune 50 company. He has and continues to consult with companies ranging from startups to large established entities in the creation of business plans, formulation of business and technology plans and successful deployment of new capabilities. His work includes executive coaching and team leadership with a particular focus on knowledge transfer, creating independent and successful client organizations as a result. Clients include a broad range of businesses of all sizes and in numerous verticals, including such firms as Dow Jones, ALM, 1eEurope and numerous privately held companies. Additional information can be found on www.simassoc.biz

  • Board Member

    2020

    JET Worldwide, through its CatchU brand, offers a unique research based methodology for assessing fall risk. Please contact me for further information or to explore investment potential if you are an accredited investor.

  • Member

    2017

    Member of Angel Investment group and former member of Screening Committee

  • President

    2020 - 2022

    JET Worldwide is a startup offering an objective assessment of fall risk. This is a $50Billion annual medicare cost, and our product can positively impact the lives of numerous people through its commercialization. contact me for more information.

2011 - 2019

  • Board Member

    2011 - 2019

    Broken Pancreas is a 501c3 organization dedicated to providing the latest information, inspiring stories and to proving that diabetics can accomplish anything

  • Founding Partner

    2016 - 2019

    YadaYada Studios provides subscription based streaming content to a broad range of clients. Initially focused on the nostalgia market, expansion is planned into a number of other markets.

  • Founding Partner

    2014 - 2018

    Is starting a business like hatching a chicken? A little... We are in the business of helping you hatch your business, focus and refine your great idea and plan for it to grow into a coherent, scalable and profitable enterprise. North Salem Partners works with entrepreneurs and their early stage investors to help them create the building blocks for a sustainable and successful business. It is not enough for entrepreneurs to bring a great idea to the table and be willing to work hard to turn it into a successful business... they must also work SMART! Smart entrepreneurs create fact based, realistic plans to realize their dreams. As professionals who bring a unique combination of entrepreneurial and corporate successes to the table, we provide performance tested guidance. Said another way, we help startups start up!

  • Founder

    2015 - 2018

  • Member, finance committee, past board member, past treasurer

    2012 - 2018

    IRI is an international 501c3 organization that focuses on creating healthy relationships among people, and includes training of couples therapists, a professional membership association, marriage counseling programs and couples workshops. I have served as a board member, member of the FInance and Governance committees and treasurer. This is of course in addition to my continuing presidency of SIM Associates.

  • Adjunct Instructor

    2005 - 2013

    Teaching business and IT courses

2008 - 2011

  • consultant

    2008 - 2011

    Manage implementation of a new circulation system and associated business processes for the New York Post