I’m a 6x serial entrepreneur. I knew from a young age I wanted to become a business owner. But I had no credentials or mentorship. No one to show me how. My earthly father was a drunk. My heavenly Father was distant. I had dreams of a better life but no path to get there. My friends were from successful families, I was from a poor unsuccessful family. Always an outsider looking in. My first job was in sales at a staffing company. I had to make 50 cold calls a day prospecting for new clients. I hated making those dreadful cold calls. Though I got good at them, I knew there was a better way to land a customer. So I decided to start a business, staffing company, and develop a more economical and efficient system to land clients. I was only 23, young and dumb. But I was smart enough to ask God to teach me. He did. It turns out, I got really good at building revenue models and customer acquisition systems. That year I opened up two more offices. Since then, I’ve spent my life building a portfolio of fast-growing companies for myself and my partners. - A Microsoft tech certification training company. (Business Journal Top 25) - The first and largest software coding bootcamp in America, we invented “learn to code”. (INC 500 & Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards) - A lead generation marketing intelligence company to Big Tech (IBM, Oracle, Microsoft service providers) - A business turnaround and growth consultancy specializing in developing business growth models, digital ecosystems and customer acquisition systems for fast-growing technology providers, coding bootcamps, for-profit technology colleges, and marketing agencies. (Multiple INC 500 awards) In 2016, I launched CanaGlobal to equip patriots of faith into their entrepreneurial calling. In our early days, we didn’t have a name, we just started by doing. We realized there’s not a community for dreamers and doers to gather, innovate, learn, and grow. So we decided to build one. We began hosting a series of entrepreneurial meetups, events, workshops, and incubators. We started with locations in Milwaukee and Los Angeles, today we have grown into a global online platform providing digital colabs, hybrid community and inspiring content for small business entrepreneurs. We are on a mission to equip millions into their entrepreneurial calling … because when millions of marketplace disciples connect the dots between faith, purpose and entrepreneurship … they change the world. Read My Story >> https://www.canaglobal.org/geralds-story