“When in doubt…Solve a problem.”​

“When in doubt….Solve a problem” is a tidbit of wisdom I picked up somewhere. It was probably something I read during my 8 months of job (and soul) searching in 2016, prior to starting my company FansRaise.

A large part of my life was dedicated to becoming a performing musician and educator. I applied to exactly ONE college, because that was the place to go if you wanted to become a high school band director. I’d like to say that I grew up with a dying passion to become a band director, but I didn’t exactly have that. Going to college to study music seemed like the natural thing to do, as band and the performing arts was simply my persona, and to do anything else seemed unnatural.

After teaching in the public school classroom/bandroom for parts of 7 years (not counting the years of private lesson and marching band instruction/design) I set forth into the more commercial/corporate job market place. I probably transitioned better than most teachers do that are exiting the teaching field, mostly due to some awesome part/full time gigs I had in sales. These experiences were more than just paying the bills — they were setting me up for what came next.

In my journey in the B2B corporate sales world, I found quickly that sometimes the only way to move up the ladder is to move out onto a different ladder. I found that “job-hopping” as our…