About EntrePlans

At EntrePlans, we're on a mission to make business planning accessible and effective for entrepreneurs like you. Our team of experts offers years of real-world business experience to guide you every step of the way.

Our Founders

Shea Dawson

Director, Technical business planning

As our chief business plan expert, Shea has an MBA from Oklahoma State University and a background in corporate finance. Shea has spent the last seven years as an entrepreneur launching a successful and still growing brewery in Billings, MT. With no formal brewing experience, Shea's taught himself to become a master brewer and has won many national awards in the process. He's also managed to take his distribution footprint from one city to a four-state region. Throughout his entrepreneurial journey, Shea has completed dozens of iterations of business plans both to start his business and finance continued growth. He has presented them to both commercial lenders and investors. Shea understands the importance of a detailed and meaningful business plan and knows first-hand what lenders and investors are looking for. Additionally, Shea knows from experience what questions entrepreneurs should be asking themselves as they look to raise capital for their business.

Jill Dawson

Director, Marketing & Value Proposition

Our director of marketing, Jill, has been starting and running businesses of her own since college. After getting her bachelors degree in Consumer Science from NMSU, Jill started her own fashion styling business in Tulsa, OK. Two years after starting her fashion business Jill moved to New Orleans, LA and took her business with her. She saw great success in both locations! Since that time Jill has started her own taproom operation which has also seen incredible growth. After outgrowing her first location she sold the property and bought a new one that also serves as a 300 person concert venue. Being the entrepreneur she is, Jill has taken all of the music promotion on herself realizing great success.