4Q Catalyst develops and publishes books and research reports on entrepreneurship, leveraging AI for business growth and competitive advantage, and advanced technology trends.
Recent 4Q publications include The 100X Entrepreneur: Stories of Extreme Growth, forthcoming in October 2025, and Starting Up Smarter: Why Founders over 50 Build Better Companies.
The 4Q Catalyst team provides 100X strategic consulting and Intellectual Property advisory services for growing businesses. For more information about our publications or consulting services, please contact us.
Mary J. Cronin is an entrepreneur, professor, and business advisor. Her research focuses on the intersection of emerging technologies and entrepreneurial innovation. She provides consulting services and coaching for startup founders, growth-minded executives, and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Dr. Cronin is a Research Professor at Boston College, Carroll School of Management in the Department of Business Analytics. She has a Ph.D. from Brown University and teaches Entrepreneurship and Business Planning for New Ventures at Boston College.
Her latest book, The 100X Entrepreneur: Stories of Extreme Growth, is based on a year of in-person interviews with the founders of startups that have achieved exponential revenue growth. Prior books include Starting Up Smarter; Managing for Social Impact: Innovations in Responsible Enterprise; Smart Products, Smarter Services; The Internet Strategy Handbook and the international bestseller, Doing Business on the Internet.
Scott B. Guthery is a patent analyst, IP strategy consultant, and a career-long inventor with over 60 granted patents. He provides IP advisory services to In-Q-Tel and to corporate clients, with a particular focus on patent data analysis, including computer code analysis.
Dr. Guthery has a Ph.D. in probability and statistics from Michigan State University. He is the founder of Docent Press, a Boston–based publisher of books in the history of mathematics and technology. He has authored a number of books, including Smart Card Developer’s Kit, Mobile Application Development, Developing MMS Applications; A Motif of Mathematics, and Practical Purposes.
Prior to working with 4Q Catalyst, Scott served as a senior technology leader, a system and security architect, and inventor for startups such as Mobile-Mind and global corporations such as HID Global, Microsoft, Schlumberger, and Bell Laboratories