My Brands

BotWorx

Founded 2023

Every Citizen Armed

Founded 2017

Enspyre Digital

Founded 2020

DIY Marketer AI

Founded 2024

PodJam Studios

Founded 2024

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Acquisitions & Exits

Learning how to exit a company can be as difficult as learning how to start one.

Reeves and Sears Pool Service

Founded & Exited 2008

Sold Pool Route

Bossman Maintenance & Disposal

Acquired 2024

Leveraged Equity for Equity Exchange

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The Rank Bros Academy

Founded 2023

Took Payments Over Five Years. Later Consulted.

Bakersfield's Choice

Founded 2022

Partial Exit. Leveraged Equity for Equity Trade Out.

GWS Web Design

Acquired 2022

Merged Customer Base into Enspyre Digital LLC.

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The Graveyard

Don’t be ashamed of your trial and error! I started all these companies and shut them down for various reasons. Some for lack of revenue, others for regulatory pains. Either way, they provided great lessons and stories along the way that helped later in life.

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The Rank Bros Academy

Founded 2023

Failure to Scale

Digital Darling

Founded 2023

Failure to Launch.

Story Guild

Founded 2023

Failure to Launch

SP Technology Group

Founded 2019

Failure to Grow

Big Blog Syndicate

Founded 2022

Failure to Launch

Project Neo

Founded 2022

Failure to Launch

Bakersfield Pro Photo

Founded 2016

Standard Munitions Supply Company

Founded 2017