Taking the leap to start your own business is usually the hardest obstacle to overcome during your entrepreneurial career. Uncertainties and doubts cloud your judgment and stop you from reaching your potential. It’s a terrifying decision, especially if you don’t have much to fall back on. This week’s SKUP Spotlight, Cody, is all too familiar…

In June of 2018, Jennifer reached out to me for the first time. She asked if I could check her store to make sure it was optimized for sales. She was creating her first Facebook ad and wanted to make sure her store was ready for traffic. Flash forward 3 months and a few messages…

Focus and perseverance are two traits that should never lack in an entrepreneur, and this month’s SMART Spotlight, Brendon Archuleta, proves how essential those two traits are. Brendon started his entrepreneurial journey back in September 2018. In the 10 short months that he’s run his Shopify store, Brendon has already experienced the tumultuous highs and…

Impressive is only a lackluster term I would use to describe Terrell Gray, a SMART Apps student, customer, and soon-to-be 18-year-old entrepreneur. Tenacious, driven, and inspiring are words worthier of characterizing him. At the young age of 17, Terrell made a decision that most adults don’t even dare to muster up – Terrell decided to…

  Joe takes the cake for this weeks #MotivationMonday! Our friend, and SMART user, Joe, was able to put his blinders on and seriously focus on taking his dropshipping business to the next level. After keeping a stagnant monthly revenue of $30K (which is still amazing), Joe discovered that sticking to the SMART plan would…

A huge congratulations goes out to Michael for this weeks #MotivationMonday! Michael and his wife were moving between states while his wife pursued her Ph.D. As you could imagine it was hard for Michael to secure a job and support him and his wife while she pursued her dreams. After hopping around between two states…

SMART customer, Austin, holds the seat for this week’s #MotivationMonday! Like so many of us, Austin was taking aimless shots at eCommerce for about a year that yielded little return. Anxieties due to the thought of possibly failing held him back from his highest potential. Austin then started using techniques he learned from his friends…