Years ago, what Zig Ziglar said about helping others to get what they want in order to get what you want really struck me. I've built my career by finding value in the market and sharing it with other people. For 21 years, I've been organizing new ventures and developing small companies to greater levels of success. I'm an executive that will swing a hammer. I don't mind getting dirty by crawling under the hood, so to speak. I follow trends in order to get ahead of what is coming and position myself and my team in a way to benefit everyone.After ASU, I worked in the family business, for a while, until a wild hair drove me down a completely different career path in residential home construction. I made a small fortune in the boom, but in 2008 discovered a valuable lesson in leverage and was given a chance to start over...I drew on my previous experience in barter to build a large network of business owners to trade with and that was great...still, I was limited by my ability to multiply my efforts and my personal growth stunted by a company without vision.I've found that creating alliances with good companies and promoting the best of them through networking is a major part of the growing social economy. I've teamed up with an American manufacturer, for example, that is ahead of its time and on the verge of massive growth based on the trends in the market right now.Business is about how we connect with others. Whether you're in a B2B, B2C, or C2C venture, it's all about how we connect. Let's see if we can work together to make something good into something great!
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