Gui Costin CEO & Founder of Dakota

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CEO, Author, & Fundraising Coach

Gui Costin is the Founder and CEO of Dakota, a powerhouse in the investment services industry. Since its inception in 2006, Dakota has helped clients raise over $40 billion.

At the heart of Gui’s leadership is a singular, profound mission: to be a mentor and foster career growth. He is a leader in sales and marketing, and works to help educate investment firms on the processes and procedures they can implement to scale their business.

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New Book By Gui

The Dakota Way… A Book Built For Fundraisers

The Dakota Way documents the exact process and procedures to follow to become a world class fundraiser. Based upon 28+ years of fundraising experience and having trained many Dakota fundraisers on its four core principles, The Dakota Way is the one book that provides a clear blueprint to follow to achieve outsized fundraising success.

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A Database Built by Fundraisers for Fundraisers

The world of Investment allocators is an ever growing, ever changing ecosystem. Keeping track of the people, the investments, the fund launches and the massive amount of information created each month is near impossible.

Dakota Marketplace organizes information on investment allocators so fundraisers can focus on what matters most: setting up meetings with new potential investors. See how Dakota Marketplace helps over 6,000 fundraisers.

Educating investment firms on the processes and procedures they can implement to scale their business.

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