Leadership

Rick Rahim is a dynamic leader and an accomplished executive. But our true asset lies in the depth and quality of our team. Rick has assembled a very talented executive staff capable of managing and growing our daily operations. Moreover, Rick has networked extensively at the highest levels of business and politics.

Rick relies heavily on his relationships with more than a dozen multimillionaires who sit on his informal advisory board. This board consists of accomplished executives from both the public and private sectors. These same individuals offer Rick a large pool of available funds for projects of almost any size.

Currently in his late thirties, Rick has been a serial entrepreneur for twenty years. In the early nineties, he founded a large limousine company in the Washington, DC area. He sold that company and founded a nationwide voicemail/telecommunications company that also thrived. Upon exiting that business, Rick bought a marina in a local resort town. He tripled that business and sold it three years later.

In 1997, Rick started yet another company - this time marketing cellular telephones. Within a year, the company was one of the largest in the Mid Atlantic. Within four years, it was a nationwide company grossing $5 million per month.

In 2001, Rick founded VMC Satellite. Over the course of four years, VMC grew to become the premier online retailer of satellite TV for DISH Network. Through his innovative recruiting and marketing, Rick grew an organization of 240,000 affiliate marketers all over the globe who sell DISH Network on a commission basis. During the same four years, VMC Satellite provided several hundred million dollars in revenue to DISH Network.

In April, 2005, VMC Satellite was acquired by InPhonic, a public company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Rick sold the company for $23.3 million in cash and stock. Rick was also retained as President of the Satellite TV Division of InPhonic to enable a smooth transition and continued profitability of the company he founded. Almost a year later, with his performance targets met, Rick was able to retire from full-time employment at InPhonic.

Not a man to rest on his laurels, Rick got right back to work. Today, Rick's many companies collectively employ over 150 people and generate millions of dollars per year in revenue.

In addition to overseeing BusinessVentures.com and its related business interests, Rick currently sits on the boards of multiple organizations. Rick has also been recognized as an expert in business and statistical analysis by numerous federal and state courts. He has provided testimony as an expert witness in multiple high-dollar civil cases.

A native Virginian, Rick is happily married and a proud father of two beautiful children. Rick is an animal lover. His hobbies include flying his own airplane and helicopter, exotic cars, scuba diving, international travel, playing poker, coastal living, and spending fun times with friends and family.

Rick volunteers a lot of his time flying youngsters in the EAA Young Eagles program as a way to introduce young people to the wonders of aviation. In 2007, Rick was honored as the #1 Young Eagles Pilot in the State of Virginia by the Virginia Department of Aviation. Rick has already flown several hundred children in 2008, surpassing his 2007 record.

Rick and his wife are passionately involved in charity work through Project Lifesaver International.

Rick has donated use of his helicopter to Project Lifesaver and is the Executive Director of the Project Lifesaver Foundation. Rick also serves as Chief of Financial Development for Project Lifesaver International, a 501(c)(3) charity. Rick is an airborne trainer, search pilot, and a certified National Trainer for electronic search at Project Lifesaver.

Rick is a member of the Cornucopia Council of the Capital Area Foodbank, and actively supports the Special Olympics. Each month, Rick's various companies make donations to or otherwise sponsor multiple youth groups, elementary schools, and religious organizations.