Ray Barreth is a serial entrepreneur with 35 years of experience creating, directing, and leading SME ventures across the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe. He has launched six companies from product inception to scale, with revenues ranging from $40 million to over $100 million USD. Ray has coached entrepreneurs in both Silicon Valley and the Silicon Prairie, particularly through the Kansas City Start-Up Village. He now brings his expertise to Africa, training, coaching, and scaling companies through his Venture Village (V2) GROWTH Lab, which operates in Zambia and Nigeria.