Marc Cote is an entrepreneur, a business/executive coach and area representative with FocalPoint Business Coaching. Marc is also a former corporate executive and leverages his coaching program materials and his 30 years of business experience to help entrepreneur, business leaders and executives raise money, improve their effectiveness, develop their people and enhance the performance of their teams and companies. Marc is the son of a second-generation business owner with a deep-seated passion for business and helping others succeed. He was also a co-founder and the COO of Accellient Partners LLC, a drug development consulting firm, Synchroneuron Inc, a venture-backed biotech where he helped raise over $25M and Ternus Pharma, Inc, a seed-stage start-up pharma company. Marc continues to focus much of his coaching practice supporting those in the life sciences arena. Marc was also previously the COO of Aptuit Consulting, a global biotech practice where he was responsible for managing all operating, financial & business development activities. Prior to Aptuit, Marc was with Dunkin’ Brands and had vice president roles across multiple functions. Marc started his career in the Entrepreneurial Services Group at EY, he received a BS in Accountancy from Bentley College, summa cum laude, and earned his CPA certificate in MA where he was a licensed CPA for 17 years Marc is a member of Boston Harbor Angels and Sky Ventures where he is an active investor and also maintains a Board role on select portfolio companies. Marc is also a Co-Chair of Mass Bio's Entrepreneur University and the Boston Chapter of The Financial Executives Networking Group.