About this episode

Jason Shipley shares his journey of building a business while overcoming personal tragedy.

Jason Shipley started his first business with ten thousand dollars split across two credit cards, a triple net lease on an old pizza building in Hutchinson Kansas and no idea what he was doing. What he did have was an absolute will to win and a promise he made to his first employer — that in five years he would know more about the business than anyone. He kept that promise.Today Jason is the CEO of Midwest Custom Engineering, building custom industrial equipment for the bioeconomy, biomass and material processing industries across the country. He also runs a portfolio of companies and investments across real estate, debt notes and equities. He built all of it from nothing, taught himself plumbing and electrical along the way and never stopped learning.But the most important part of this episode has nothing to do with business. Jason shares the most devastating moment of his life and how he found his way through it one empowering decision at a time. This conversation will stay with you.This Episode Explores:✅ Starting a smoke shop on an Indian reservation with $10K on credit cards and no income✅ Cold calling a commercial real estate CEO on a Saturday and negotiating a triple net…

People in this episode

Host: Sean Martin

Guest: Jason Shipley

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• personal loss
• business development
• self-improvement
• resilience

Keywords

• entrepreneurship
• business
• personal growth
• resilience
• Midwest Custom Engineering
• self-taught
• investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Midwest Custom Engineering

Places: Hutchinson Kansas

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