Michael Ball was born in Selma, Alabama. He was raised mostly in Colombia, South Carolina. He loved tennis, baseball and playing saxophone growing up. He attended and graduated from Auburn University. He went to work for Chick-Fil-A at fifteen years old. He was on a delivery when he met the owner of McAlister’s Deli, George McAlister […]

Jenny Harkleroad was born in Laguna Beach California. She was raised in Carlsbad, Encinitas and Escondido California. She attended and graduated from Orange Glen High School where she loved playing and being the drum major of the high school band. She visits the Polynesian Cultural Center and discovers that BYU has a campus on the […]

Jim Remley was born in Long Beach California. His parents were what Jim describes as hippies and they moved to Roseburg Oregon where he was raised. He dropped out of college and went to work in a lumber mill. He was talked into getting his real estate license by his buddy. He received his real […]

Roland Frasier was born and raised in the small town of Covington, Virginia where the population was 5,000 at the time. It was a paper mill town and very rural. His grandad was a baptist minister. His dad worked for the federal government early in his life. He loved growing up with his cousins camping […]

Don Iannone was born in Eastern Ohio along the Ohio River in a small mining and mill town called Martins Ferry where his family lived until he was 13. They then moved to a nearby town, St. Clairsville, Ohio where he attended and graduated high school. His family has had roots in the Ohio valley since […]

Carrie Osgood was born in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It’s a small town that had a real community feel that she loved growing up. Her family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico when she was 11. She loved how spiritual New Mexico is. According to Carrie people will stop what they are doing to watch a […]

Micah Nicholes was born in Newberg Oregon and grew up in Caldwell Idaho.  When he entered high school his dad moved them to Lodi Wisconsin. He was the fourth child of a family of seven children. He didn’t really like school growing up. He was excited to never have to go to school ever again. He started […]

Joseph Lenard was born and raised in Wyandotte Michigan where he resides today. He grew up loving the outdoors and the community of Wyandotte. He was inspired by a number of talk radio shows and their hosts over the years. He was inspired by Ronald Reagan and Dennis Prager in particular. At one point during his […]

Lawrence Sprung was born and raised in The Bronx of New York City, New York. He enjoyed playing sports growing up. His mom was diagnosed with cancer when he was a teenager. It shaped his priorities as a youngster. He learned a lot playing hockey, his favorite sport growing up. He decided to attend a […]

Katie Dunn was born in Chicago and grew up in Minnesota. She lives in Upper New York now. She loved being outdoors all the time. She is still super close with her friends she grew up with to this day. She loved science and math in high school. She later went into commercial real estate […]

Ellis Miah was born in New York City, New York and was raised there and in Southern Florida. He loved growing up there because of the freedom and the culture of the area. He loved growing up spending a lot of time at the local mall where he loved the mall culture of Staten Island. Miami was […]

Melissa Toole was born and raised on Manhattan Island in New York City, New York. Her parents were professional actors. Her parents both starred on popular soap operas. Her dad was the most influential person to her growing up. He encouraged her to write from an early age. She loved the diversity of growing up on the island […]

Shahpour Nejad was born and raised in Sari,Iran, a small town in Northern Iran near the Caspian Sea. He came to the United States at sixteen and moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated high school and attended Cleveland State University where he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He went to work at a pizza […]

Tressa Brady was born and raised in Southern Oregon out in the country. She enjoyed having fun outdoors and sports. In fact she and her sister were champion athletes growing up. She grows up and opens a health club, a lifelong dream. She obtained her personal training license. Her junior year in college she moved […]

Mark Steven Porro was born and raised in New Jersey. He enjoyed having the freedom to pursue what he wanted. He loved the arts as a kid growing up influenced by his mother. He went on to Ohio State University and graduated with a degree in Engineering. He moved to Hollywood and enjoyed a successful […]

Shawne Merriman was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland in a very rough neighborhood. It was near the muder capital of the world for five years! His coaches were the most influential people during his childhood. They showed him how life is lived in normal homes. He attended The University […]

Eddie Speed was born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi where he grew up just outside of Jackson to be a cowboy. He attended vo tech in high school. He moved to Fort Worth to live with his sister and went to work for The Fort Worth Stockyards. He ended up going to school at TCU and became a professional […]

Lane Kawaoka was born in California and raised in Hawaii where he lives and works today. More about Lane:”After 12 years as a Licensed Professional (PE) Civil/Industrial Engineer, I fired the boss and began to focus 100% of my time on my investing and helping others in my Passive Investor Accelerator & Mastermind. I began investing in 2009 […]

Kitty Bogle-Sherman and her sister Coco were born and raised in Longview, Texas. After time away, they have both moved back with their families. They wanted to get into business together and they were sorting through over 50,000 photos and came up with a brilliant idea! Why not develop an app that allows you to play with […]

Zack Ellison was born and raised in the Brookline, Massachusetts area. He received a tremendous education even though they struggled financially. All credit due to his mom who made it happen. He enjoyed playing and excelling at sports growing up, especially basketball. Regarding Zack: “As Managing General Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Applied Real […]

Joe Apfelbaum was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and his mom was the most influential person to him growing up. He enjoyed math and science in school and after high school he attended school and became a Rabbi. He then decided to start a number of small businesses. After he and his wife had […]

H. L. Howard was born and raised in China where he loved to read. He had access to a room that was full of books growing up. It captured his imagination and he is very grateful for the opportunity. He made his way to America to attend graduate school. He has lived the past 25 […]

Hannah McKitrick was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up just south of Boston. The beach was her favorite destination growing up. She had a passion for food and cooking from early on. That passion has evolved into a lifestyle and a passion to teach others a better way to eat and live. She has experienced an […]

Jeff Hoffman was born and raised in Arizona to a single mom with three jobs and four kids. According to Jeff, he and his siblings never felt like they were struggling financially, he credits his mom tremendously for that. He wanted to study artificial intelligence and always dreamed of attending Yale University. When he arrived after being accepted, he was […]

Anne Montgomery was born in Grand Rapids Michigan,raised in New Jersey and considers herself a “Jersey Girl”. She was into sports growing up and wanted to be a sportscaster in an industry where there were very few if any female sportscasters. She went on to anchor ESPN’s Sportscenter and a distinguished career of 40 years […]