I come from a long line of entrepreneurs. My family owned various retail and service based businesses while I was young. In my teens and 20s, I managed the yard operations at a building supply company and then managed two pizza places, one of which was Papa John's. Instead of moving into a regional position with PJ's, I quit and started a rock band. Six years later I moved to Chicago, got married, left the band, and entered into the direct sales industry, where I rose to an ownership position in the first year.I opened multiple sales offices in Illinois and Texas, which I owned for a number of years before leaving that industry and shortly afterward founding FlipSwitch, the digital agency I currently own and operate. l am also involved in several other businesses, and when I'm not doing all of that, I play music professionally throughout the Chicagoland area.