About Us
"In business and in life, the advantage goes to those who proactively and consistently acquire appropriate education."
Tim Darnell
Founder / President
Advantage Conferences™

How would you describe your business - healthy, functionally dynamic, and extraordinary? Unfortunately, not everyone can say that about their business.
Consider: over a million businesses are started every year. By the end of the first year, at least 40% will be OUT of business. Within five years, over 80% will have failed.
The difference in failure and success for the business owner lies in one critical area:
KNOWLEDGE, and more correctly,
APPLIED KNOWLEDGE. A simple precept for Advantage Conferences™ (Advantage) is that those who purposely obtain this crucial information and use it are many times more likely to win than those who choose to ignore it.
What is the bottom line? We believe that proper and appropriate education is absolutely crucial to the success of your business! In short, knowledge is the advantage…
Business Education
The business education that you will be receiving is pertinent, highly useful business ownership information and advice. You will find this training relevant, highly impactful, and anything but sugar coated. While business can be exhilarating and highly profitable, it can also be quite challenging and is often fraught with difficulties. It is the desire of the ownership, staff and
Advantage Conferences™ team that you are fully prepared for the contingencies that await your business experience, so as to maximize your efforts, profits, and potential.
The Company
Advantage Conferences™, LLC, (Advantage) chartered in 2003, is a newly formed subsidiary of Portfolio Marketing Group, LLC, (PMG) chartered in September of 1998. Advantage is a Texas based LLC dedicated to delivering exceptional educational conference experiences.
Founder and President,
Tim Darnell (48) is a lifetime business owner who has been involved in successful educational conference and speaker / music production since 1987. Mr. Darnell has also authored two important entrepreneurial works as well - the
"Reverse Margin™" audio program, and
"The Language of Success©", a poignant work on the importance and power of words in business and life.
Mission Statement
Providing the educational advantage for entrepreneurs in business and life.
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