Our Team

James Nikas III
Jim founded GeoVerde in 1991. He has held various high level management and consulting positions to both private and public companies. Jim's strength is in helping to champion new business growth or turnarounds utilizing his unique business experience, vision and financial market network. Jim's twenty-two years of business experience encompasses eleven years in venture start-ups, six years in consumer manufacturing/marketing and five years in petroleum exploration. He has helped raise capital for a wide variety of public and private financings (ranging from $200,000 to $7 million).

Jim is no stranger to successful start-ups and growth. In the late 1980's, he created a line of natural history mobiles that generated millions of dollars in sales through the Smithsonian Institute, The Nature Company (now Discovery Channel Stores) and the World Wildlife Fund, to name a few. Utilizing recycled materials, employing hundreds of physically and mentally challenged assemblers and carrying a strong environment message, the mobiles have appeared in dozens of feature films including blockbusters Ghostbusters II and Mermaids. The mobiles are still selling today more than fifteen years since introduction.

Jim's talents are in the following areas:
· Start-ups and Turnarounds
· Business plans
· Venture analysis and due diligence
· Branding strategies/Product development
· Business development and team building
· Investor relations
· Public relations

Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from San Francisco State University.

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