BIO

I am both an artist and an entrepreneur. I am the founder of Leads to Wealth, Inc. (LTW). Leads to Wealth has been providing solutions for direct sales companies to prospect and acquire new customers since 2003, by offering customized lead generating services, and training, which are designed to help sales agents manage the complexity of acquiring new customers. I started LTW with only $50 and grew the company to over $12 million in sales within four years. As President and CEO, I built LTW to become one of the largest lead vendors within the direct sales industry.

In February 2007 I was awarded a prestigious and highly competitive business award, the 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year for the San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (SDCHCC). I was honored as the 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year at the annual Iluminada Gala “A Night of Shining Stars,” which is considered one of San Diego’s most celebrated formal business events of the year with over 550 civic, business, and elected leaders in attendance.

In April 2007, on the heels of the Entrepreneur of the Year award, I sold LTW to start a new company. Currently, I am building an innovative advertising network, scheduled to launch in 2008.

Prior to my position at LTW, I was VP of Sales at Pixels3D, a garage start-up 3D software company. I built the company from 62 to 45,000 users within 9 months. Over the next 2 year period, during the dot com boom, I cut my teeth on technology sales and learned to leverage my off-line marketing experience to a new height with the use of the internet. At the end of 2000, I found my self as a dot casualty as Pixels3D went back into the garage.

In late 1995 I started Beyond Profit, my first lead generation company. Beyond Profit was a successful telemarketing based lead generation company I built and sold over a 2 year period of time to pursue Pixels3D.

I started his first business, Chili Productions at the early age of 15 year old. At the time, little did I know, over the next 10 years, Chili Productions would become one of Southern California’s top music and event promotion companies.

Chili Productions helped me learn the art and value of grassroots promotion and marketing early in my career. I am destined to be a life long entrepreneur and intend to develop many new companies in my lifetime.

Today, I balance a successful business life while I pursue my hobby and passion as an artist. I paint and sell my work to raise money for several charities. See RickBliss.com

Within this blog I will attempt to chronicle my life in business. The process I know will take some time to get on track. I’m hoping this writing process will get easier and more fluid as time goes, I think it’s just the natural progression. Thank you for your interest and please let me know you’re here.

All the best,

Gil Ortega