Teaching Is the Greatest Teacher: Helping Entrepreneurs Get Started and Fund Their Ventures
Teaching Is the Greatest Teacher
Helping entrepreneurs has never been something I planned—it’s been instinctual.
When asked to support founders, I just started helping.
The biggest thing is getting started.
Over the years, I’ve found ways to help individuals:
- Start their own businesses
- Build operational systems for growth
- Connect with funding and investors
As a VC scout, I connect founders to capital—but that’s one of many ways I help, not the core of what I do.
What I didn’t expect: helping them has helped me learn. Every founder I’ve worked with has sharpened my thinking—on systems, on capital, on what it really takes to go from idea to ownership. I’ve learned the VC game by being in it. Teaching is the greatest teacher.
From Drivers to Owner-Operators
Still Trucking Inc. is a perfect example of taking that same framework and applying it to a real-world, scalable program.
We are starting with a focused cohort—10 to 20 truckers from a company that employs over 100 drivers.
Through our structured course, participants will:
- Secure their own truck
- Obtain their own authority
- Form their own LLC
- Get the right insurance
- Learn to operate and manage their own business
This is about turning employees into business owners. Tangible, measurable, and scalable.
The Same Operating System
Everything I do sits at the intersection of systems, talent, and opportunity.
- Sportstechwest: developing athletes from mind, body, and spirit
- BallCODE: connecting talent to opportunity using technology
- BTE Analytics: understanding performance, value, and decision-making
- Still Trucking Inc.: turning drivers into entrepreneurs
Different industries, same operating system: identify talent, build infrastructure, create access, scale opportunity.
What I’m Facilitating
I’m building the system around transformation.
Each participant moves through a defined curriculum, hits milestones tied to ownership, and transitions from earning income to building equity.
Helping them get there has forced me to clarify my own frameworks—how to explain systems, how to connect talent to capital, what actually works. Teaching is the greatest teacher.
I’m thinking about:
- Tracking progress like athlete development
- Measuring outcomes like performance metrics
- Using technology to support and scale participants
This is where BallCODE multiplies impact—it’s not just identifying talent, it’s developing and scaling it across industries.
Building Entrepreneurs at Scale
10 to 20 participants is just the start.
Once this model is proven, it can scale:
- Across the rest of the 100+ drivers
- Across other companies
- Across entirely different industries
Technology and structured systems are the multiplier.
From a few individuals to thousands of entrepreneurs—the mission is scale and impact.
Who This Is For
Individuals ready to take ownership of their future.
Organizations, schools, or programs creating pathways for their people.
Founders and operators looking to leverage capital, technology, and systems to build businesses.
