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Anna Talerico

CEO of Corporate Finance Institute

Nashville, Tennessee

Overview 

Anna Talerico is the CEO of Corporate Finance Institute, with a background as COO and interim CEO within the organization. She also has experience as an Operating Partner at Arthur Ventures and COO at Linux Academy, showcasing her strong leadership skills and strategic acumen in the tech and finance sectors. Anna Talerico's career highlights include serving as an advisor and co-founder at ion interactive, as well as holding advisory roles at Founders Advisors and Recurring Capital Partners, demonstrating her expertise in start-ups, strategy, and business development within the digital marketing and software industry.

Work Experience 

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Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)

  • CEO

    2022 - Current

  • COO, interim

    2021 - 2022

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Arthur Ventures

  • Operating Partner

    2020

    Arthur Ventures is an early growth capital firm that leads investments in B2B software companies located outside Silicon Valley. I partner with our portfolio companies to help them take advantage of strategic and tactical opportunities to accelerate growth and create enterprise value.

Arthur Ventures invests in early stage B2B software companies located outside Silicon Valley.

arthurventures.com
LA

Linux Academy

  • COO

    2018 - 2020

    As COO I built & scaled our sales, customer success, support, and HR functions to deliver rapid, capital-efficient growth. We were acquired by A Cloud Guru in 2019, where I went on to focus on the successful integration of our companies.

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Founders Advisors

  • Advisor

    2018 - 2020

    Software & Digital Media Board of Advisors for Founders Advisors. Founders is a merger, acquisition & strategic advisory firm serving middle-market companies. Founders’ focus is on oil and gas, industrials, software, industrial technology, internet, digital media, and healthcare companies located nationwide, as well as companies based in the Southeast across a variety of industries. Founders’ skilled professionals, proven expertise and process-based solutions help companies access growth capital, make acquisitions, and/or prepare for and execute liquidity events to achieve specific financial goals.

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Recurring Capital Partners

  • Advisor

    2018 - 2020

    Recurring Capital Partners specializes in debt financing for Software as a Service (SaaS) and other recurring revenue model technology-driven companies. Our team, advisors and investors couple significant operating experience with start-up finance expertise to drive a focus on results founders and management teams care about: accelerating growth, controlling business and personal risks, and maximizing personal equity stakes.

RCP specializes in debt financing for Software as a Service (SaaS) and other recurring revenue model technology-driven companies.

recurring.capital
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ion interactive

  • Advisor

    2017 - 2018

  • Co-founder & Executive Vice President

    1998 - 2017

    As one of ion's co-founders I was responsible for our customer-facing teams including sales, customer success, support, and professional services. We bootstrapped ion organically, and profitably, transforming it from a small boutique web development company (circa 1998) to a leading marketing technology SaaS focused on interactive content experiences (circa 2017). ion interactive was acquired by ScribbleLive in September 2017.

ion interactive offers businesses with interactive content marketing solutions that focus on improving customer engagement.

ioninteractive.com

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