Multi-Time Award-Winning CEO · Global Speaker · Essayist
Five companies.
One gurney. Zero theory.
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. No sugar highs. Field data from a hundred companies, 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, three times
Soccer Post · $5.9MM to $15MM in 18 months, to $25MM+
Inc. 500, twice
NFFS · $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.
Your audience doesn’t need another high.
They need a framework they can run Monday morning. That’s the whole act. That’s why they’re on their phones taking pictures of the slides.
The Mission
Positively impact five million people through better business.
Better companies make better days for the people inside them, and those people go home to families. Fix the company, and the impact multiplies. That’s the math I’m working, one CEO at a time.
As heard on.
Leadership Is Changing
Ep. 398 · Are You a Leader Worth Following
The First Customer
Transforming Business Through Compassionate Leadership
B2B Community Builder Show
Ep. 03 · The Ultimate CEO
Think Business With Tyler
Why You’re Struggling to Scale
Best Places to Lead
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.