About

Business Success Center

Jan Triplett and Daniel Diener of the Business Success Center have been teaching the Owners MBA for over 15 years. Graduates have included — literally — accountants to zookeepers.

Jan Triplett

Jan Triplett, Ph.D. is the Chief Operating Officer of the Business Success Center (BSC). The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) honored her as Austin and Texas’ Small Business Advocate for her work on behalf of small businesses.

She brings a wealth of experience to the table, including:

• Co-developer of Street MBA and award-winning City Management Academy
• Co-founder of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Texas
• Keynote presenter and international speaker
• NCRC Certified Business Technical Advisor
• Author of  Networker’s Guide to Success
• Co-author of Thinking Big, Staying Small
• SBA award — Small Business Advocate, State of Texas
• Governor Ann Richards’ delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business
• Charter member of the Governor and President’s Business Leaders Network,
  Council on People with Disabilities
• NFIB delegate to the Congressional Summit on Small Business
• Volunteer Austin Farmers’ Market and Austin Humane society

Contact Jan Triplett: triplett [at] ownersmba [dot] com, and follow her on Twitter at @JanTriplett

Daniel Diener

Daniel W. Diener is the Chief Financial Officer of the BSC. In 2006, the federal SBA honored him as  Texas’ and the five-state region’s Financial Services Champion.

Highlights of Daniel’s career include:

• Co-developer of Street MBA and award-winning City Management Academy
• NCRC  Certified Business Technical Advisor
• Developer/creator financial management software for cash flow projections, debt control, job estimating and time tracking, financials ratios
• SBA 5-state regional Financial Services Champion
• Delegate White House Conference on Small Business
• Author and international speaker on entrepreneurship and venture capital
• Board member Students Involved in Free Enterprise
• Former board member of American Society of Training and Development, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Texas Dept of Economic Development Small Business Council, Texas Governor’s Conference on Small Business, Texas Business Incubator Association, SCOR (Small Corporate Offering Reinvestment)

Contact Daniel Diener: ddiener [at] bscusa [dot] com