Multi-Time Award-Winning CEO · KEynote Speaker · thought leader
growth isn’t hard.
surviving it is.
I’ve run five companies, earned the awards, sold one, and landed in a hospital bed at twenty-six doing it wrong. Now I’m on a mission to positively impact five million people through better business. No theory. First-hand insights because I’ve had my teeth bashed in, told straight.
Stages & Rooms
EVENT MARKETERS CONGRESS
Earned. Not claimed.
The awards aren’t decoration. They’re receipts.
Ultimate CEO
Jacksonville Business Journal
Franchise 500, 3x
Soccer Post
$5.9MM to $15MM in 18 months, to $25MM+
Inc. 5000, 2x
NFFS
Fastest gowing US companies $7MM to $30MM in 3 years
Best Places to Work
While growing fastest in Jacksonville. Both. At once.
Add the exit (TotallySoccer, sold) and 100+ B2B companies advised, from under $1MM to just shy of $1B, and you get the point: this isn’t commentary from the cheap seats.
Positively impact five million people through better business.
Better companies make better days for the people inside them, and those people go home to their families. Fix the company, and the impact multiplies. That’s the math I’m working on, one CEO at a time.
As heard on.
Ep. 249 · Love and Business
Ep. 398 · Are You a Leader Worth Following?
The Ultimate Sales Machine – Best-Selling Book Launch
Jerry’s own show · Host
Essays.
I’m Dying and So Are You
Mortality as a management tool, in the best sense. The essay people mention when they meet me.
The Grim Reaper Almost Got Me
A tree, a saw, and a very close call. What almost losing everything in an afternoon does to your priorities.
My Single Biggest Business Mistake
The expensive lesson, with receipts.
Book the operator, not the act.
Build the Machine: From Ugly Action to Scalable System
Keynote · as delivered at Badass Business Summit
Keynotes and workshops calibrated to your room. Straight talk, named frameworks, zero rider.
The business work
Coaching, strategic planning, and a 12-chair CEO group live at my company.