Hi, I'm Steve.

I've worked for over two decades helping people invent new products and start new businesses. As a startup coach I've helped hundreds of founders start businesses that were raising hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, as well as founders starting small local businesses or side gigs in their homes. As an innovation consultant, I've helped several corporate clients invent and develop over two dozen new products.

I periodically teach innovation and entrepreneurship at the undergraduate and graduate school levels. I hold an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business in marketing and finance.

I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana - a wonderful big small city or small big city - where I also help young high school age entrepreneurs and innovators via a local nonprofit, can be found at downtown coffee shops and coworking spaces, and collect art from local artists.

I've written a few published or self-published books. The latest is a ebook series, the "Be Your Own ..." series, starting with Be Your Own Startup Coach - available at stevefranksinnovation.com.