Aaron Young

For over 20 years, Aaron Young has been empowering business owners to build strong companies and proactively protect their dreams. An entrepreneur with several multimillion-dollar companies under his own belt, Aaron has made it his life's work to arm other business owners with success formulas that immediately provide exponential growth and protection. Below are some of his career highlights:

Small Business consultant and Advocate
As CEO of Laughlin Associates, Aaron has served as a strategic-thinking partner for more than 80,000 business owners across a wide range of industries—from the largest yacht broker in the US, to franchisees, to electrical contractors, to medical professionals. Having witnessed both their common mistakes and common successes, he knows what works and what does not.

Drawing on his own entrepreneurial and corporate experience, as well as what he has observed with his diverse clientele, Aaron has developed a cutting-edge system to help small business owners level the playing field. He teaches them the six critical strategies that make the difference between failure and long-term success.

Clients call on Aaron for his opinion and help brainstorming every aspect of business operations, including:

Corporate structuring
Asset management and protection
Growth strategies
Partnership issues
Leadership
Corporate compliance

Entrepreneur and Business Leader
Aaron discovered his passion and talent for entrepreneurship early in life. At age 18, he formed a recycling company in Portland, Oregon—before recycling was popular. He grew that business to 5,000 customers before selling it and using the money to become one of the first cellular phone dealers in Portland—a business he built up to include three stores and a large service center, which is still in operation today.

After selling his share in the cell phone company, Aaron became vice president of sales for ITEX, a publicly-traded NASDAQ company with 350 offices around the world. But after three years and great success there, Aaron was ready to return to entrepreneurship. He left the company and formed several small corporate-services businesses before buying Laughlin Associates.

Published Author, Columnist, Blogger, and Media Guest
An engaging teacher who speaks directly to the hearts and minds of entrepreneurs as only another business owner can, Aaron is regularly invited to contribute articles, blogs, or his expert opinion for media outlets nationwide. He writes for Small Business Today—a Houston, Texas-based magazine—and has been quoted by Money, Inc.,Forbes, Entrepreneur and Success magazines. His books The Corporation Manual and The Critical Twenty have sold many thousands of copies. Aaron is the creator of The Unshackled Owner Intensive teaching business owners to create a company that works harder for them than they have to work for it.

Keynote and Breakout Speaker
As a celebrated keynote and breakout speaker, Aaron has addressed entrepreneurial and business audiences for some major players in global trading and finance. He is in high demand for his expertise on asset-protection tax planning and is noted for his signature speech, Building Your Corporate Fortress. Over the years, he has spoken to more than 100,000 people on four continents. Speaking engagements include:

Digital Footprint
California Women's Conference
Secret Knock
Exit Planning Institute
Tardus
Magnify Your Wealth
Note Closers
The Gold Show
The Money Show
Shorex
CEO Space
Author 101 University
Live Out Loud
Win University
Power Team International
Women of Global Change
Brian Tracy International
The Les Brown Show
Women's Information Network (The WIN)
Morison International
ITEX International Convention

AND MANY MORE

Board Member
Aaron has served as a board or advisory board member for several organizations—including California Women's Conference, SMART Women International, International Crowd Funding Association, Portland Center Stage, Catarina's Club, Ripple Effect,  and Integrative Medical Arts Center.

Aaron lives with his wife of over 30 years, Michelle, on a farm in SW Washington State. They have four children and two grandchild.

As a fun side project, Aaron has built and sold 10 houses and is an avid horseman.