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Devin Johnson

CEO, Entrepreneur, Girl Dad

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ญ!

1. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต
2. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด
3. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด

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๐€๐ญ 16 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

My dad was a drug dealer who always told me to stand up for what I believe in.
My younger sister was diagnosed with brain cancer.
My best friend committed suicide.

๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ญ 16 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I had a ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, I was in a dark place BUTโ€ฆ

I knew there were always something that could be done.

All of the sneakers my dad had bought me had value, I had an a-ha moment.

I could FLIP THE SNEAKERS, so I DID.

My school approved me as the sole provider of my household and I started taking half days.

๐€๐ญ 18 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I was โ€œflipping my way through senior year of HSโ€.
I got into ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ by helping people bring other sneaker heads to their events.
I started learning how to sell from Youtube University.

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ญ 18 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I knew there was opportunity, but still had somewhat of a ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต.

๐€๐ญ 19/20 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I Meet Cody Harvey. He mentors me and brings me to the Lord.
My business is expanding rapidly. ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜š๐˜”๐˜”๐˜ˆ. ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด. ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด.

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ญ 19/20 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I learn to leave my ego at the door.
I started to trust God with everything.
I begin to have an ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

๐€๐ญ 21-22 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

Draw the idea for Kennected on a napkin at McAlisterโ€™s.
Put together team and hyperfocused on growth of Kennected.

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ญ 21-22 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

Let Go and Let God
๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต

๐€๐ญ 23 - 24 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ (๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ):

Kennected expands to over 15k active users.
Build a team of 100+ driven individuals to grow alongside.
Begin to acquire other companies and lead his team upmarket.

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ:

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ โ€” Opportunity is Everywhere. The Only Barrier One Has Is ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.
Driven by Impact On Others

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ.

Specialties:
Mindset, Motivation, Marketing, Sales, Social Selling, Lead Generation, Prospecting, SAAS

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k32wMmU2MsARsshAWkBWr_BQViKoWLGeBLfzBDRUQWU/edit

Devin Johnson, CEO on Overcoming Adversity

Devin Johnson, CEO on Overcoming Adversity

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