Ten Random Things To Know About Me

1. I am the Founder/ of the The Rocket Company. An awesome company that won these cool awards:
#602 on Inc 500/5000 List
#14 Best Place To Work In Atlanta
Infusionsoft's Ultimate Marketer's Of The Year 2013
2. I am currently serving as CEO of Business Rocket. Download this ebook for help with your business
3. I am fired up about creating GREAT companies that do GOOD
4. I (along with an awesome team) have started 4 companies over the last few years from absolute scratch that are all:
Profitable - They all run on strict profit margins
Self-Sustaining - They all can run without me
GOOD - They all exist to extend GOOD in the world beyond make money
5. I write this blog to help leaders learn from my massive mistakes
6. I write from experience of starting stuff with no money & growing it to become sustainable. No theory here.
7. I love my wife (Kacie), daughter (Darby), & son (Gage)
8. Our last three membership site launch events trended #1 on Twitter
9. I am the author of a book called Funded & Free
10. I would love to get to know you via social media 

My Story
I am the founder, co-founder, CEO, or Partner of:
The Rocket Company - We help the church success
Business Rocket - We help small businesses create predictable income
Vinyl Ventures - We print awesome macbook & wall decals
MAG Bookkeepering - We help churches have awesome bookkeeping
We exist to create GREAT companies that do GOOD.
When I was in middle school my granddad committed suicide because of the pressures of leading a small business and being in a lot of debt.
Ever since the day he killed himself, I vowed to live in financial freedom.
At 14 years old, I started investing in the stock market monthly. I started my first lawn care business soon after to fund the $50 being withdrawn from my account. A year later I was trying to talk my friends into signing up to invest in mutual funds & their parents thought I was nuts. 

I attended Samford University & graduated with a degree in Business Administration.

During college I founded a company called College Load Out. We focused on moving sorority girls out of their dorms and back into their dorms. Yes, this was our business model & yes, I ended up marrying one of the sorority girls (mission accomplished). :) After a few year of doing that, I turned it over to my co-founder and I joined the staff of Mountain Lake Church in Atlanta, GA.

I ended up being the Chief Financial Officer of the church and saw a HUGE need to help churches have more money for their ministries. So I stepped out and created an organization to help. Today GivingRocket.com is the first and only subscription-based coaching service to help churches increase giving. We created a new niche in the church space to help pastors get top shelf coaching for bottom shelf prices. This organization has grown & now we have an entire staff that focuses on running and growing it.

Because I'm an entrepreneur to my core, 14 months after starting GivingRocket.com, we started a second brand called PreachingRocket.com in order to help pastors preach better sermons. This brands launch had over 20,000 people watch & let's just say that in one day it became our biggest company. Now, two years in, we have a third brand called Volunteer Rocket.
Now I spend my time developing the next brands and looking for great relationships with people that want to create GREAT companies that do GOOD!

I speak to entrepreneurs & business leaders.