About Robin J. Elliott Robin J. Elliott has worked with literally thousands of businesses, in Africa, Canada and the United States since 1987 and has trained and spoken to thousands in his seminars. He has appeared on national television and radio and in national newspapers and conducted his business on an international level until 2018 when he officially retired. His passion and specialty was helping people to start and grow their own businesses using Joint Ventures. His mission was to share the magic and power of Joint Ventures - Leverage and Collaboration - with entrepreneurs worldwide and to facilitate meetings between like-minded businesspeople through his international Joint Venture Forum that comprised over 1,000 members when he closed it. He has won international sales awards and was a Finalist in the Ernst and Young "Against All Odds National Entrepreneur Competition." Robin was an Executive Director of the South African Sales Association (STASA) and has been a Rotary International Director. Robin's articles were published in national magazines and his regular, weekly e-newsletter articles reached over 23,000 people per week. He wrote eighteen little books and made 20 videos and dozens of audiotapes and CD's. He was a sought-after speaker. His training and qualifications include Hotel Management, On-The-Job-Training for Holiday Inns International, Transactional Analysis, Organization and Methods (Work Study), Sales, Marketing, and Sales Management, Personality Styles, Values Styles, Psychology, Theology and Public Speaking. Robin has been married for 37 years to Frederika Elliott. Frederika (Rika) Elliott has degrees in education and Minimal Brain Dysfunction. She lectured at a Teachers' Training College, taught school, and has worked alongside Robin in their businesses since 1987. Rika owned and ran Success Consultants and has an intimate understanding of Joint Ventures. She is the backbone of the Joint Venture Forum. Robin and Rika live in beautiful Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. They enjoy the natural beauty of British Columbia and reading and Robin rides his bicycle. Robin's long-time friend and Joint Venture Protégé, Merlin Covlin, an acknowledged expert in JV's and Collaboration and Leverage, has taken over the Joint Venture/Leverage and Collaboration training and mentoring business and does extremely well.