Crown Point Partners is an investment banking firm focused on serving Pacific Northwest companies with $2 million to $10 million of EBITDA.  We understand firsthand the complexities and emotional whiplash of selling a business. We are entrepreneurs at heart. Over decades, we have been business owners, bankers, financial advisors, and board members across a wide range of industries.  At Crown Point Partners, we are master technicians, salesmen and financial engineers. We have developed an intimate understanding of the buying and selling process and we can help you determine when the time is right to sell.

Mr. Stanley has experience in manufacturing, sales, finance, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, and working with family businesses and entrepreneurs.

Nick was with CMS Companies in Philadelphia from 1987-1990, a private investment banking firm working with successful entrepreneurs to build, diversify, and transfer wealth through asset allocation analysis, private equity placement, and estate planning strategies.

Nick moved back to Portland in 1991, and acquired Fine Arts Graphics, a corporate stationery company, where he served as President and CEO before selling the firm to ImageX.com in 1999.

In addition to serving on the Board of Motive Power Industries from 1994 – 1998 (NYSE MPI), ProteoGenix 2005 -2007, Mr. Stanley has committed a significant amount of time to community interests and has served on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, the Oregon Independent College Foundation, the Citizens Crime Commission, The Citizens Education Commission, The Multiple Sclerosis Society, The Oregon Forum, Self Enhancement Inc., Outward Bound West, The Young Presidents Organization — Oregon, Entrepreneurs Organization, Social Venture Partners — Portland, and Oregon Episcopal School.

Nick currently serves on the Board of Directors of the OHSU Foundation, St. Anthony Village Enterprise, Services for All Generations, and the Advisory Boards of The OHSU Knight Cancer Council, and OHSU Center for Regenerative Medicine. Since 1995 he has served as the Honorary Consul General to the Kingdom of Thailand for the Pacific Northwest.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance and Psychology from Georgetown University. Nick holds a Series 7 securities license with FINRA.