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Over the last 20 years, you could say I’ve faced some adversity.

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At 22, I jumped into my first startup. By 24, it failed, and my wife and I lost everything. At 25, we moved to Kansas City to join an inner-city ministry. That Christmas Eve, my parents and grandmother were killed in a car accident, and nine months later, the ministry disbanded. At 27, we joined a waterproofing startup—only to face the worst drought in the state’s history. From there, I was hired to rebrand a large security company, and the turnaround was incredibly successful—until the company abruptly downsized. After losing everything again, I took a role in designing corporate training, and within five years I published two 5-star books and became the Chief Marketing Officer—only to have the company go bankrupt due to COVID. From there, I took an equity position in a small company, doubled its revenue within the first year, and launched a second company in the same industry. Within three years, we deployed our service in over 27 states and were on track for an exit—until a perfect storm of rising interest rates, industry volatility, and investor gridlock took us out.

 

Needless to say, I know what it’s like to wake up feeling trapped—in doubt, bad timing, indecision, or just not knowing the next step. But more importantly, I know how to break that cycle. Not because I read it in a book, but because I’ve lived it for the last 20 years. I’ve seen what it takes to succeed—and, more importantly, how quickly you can be taken out on your way up the mountain. And that’s the part no one talks about. The climb is the easy part, avoiding the million things that can end your journey is the difference between the 99% who fail and the 1% who make it.

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So, whether you’re a founder stuck on your next move, a business struggling to scale, or a leader navigating change—I can help you cut through the noise, refine the real problems, and build a strategy to get moving again. Because when you’re stuck, you don’t need more ideas. You need momentum. And helping people get moving again is what I do better than anyone.