My Companies and Investments

The path to wealth is through ownership.

The ultimate goal of all my work is to increase the value of my personal holdings company. Below is a list of investments I’ve made, companies I have ownership in, or companies I’ve started.

Current Portfolio

• Quantum Leads: A lead generation agency that leverages AI, local SEO, automation, and new age outreach techniques to generate awareness and generate sales.

• Copyblogger: I bought full control of Copyblogger in 2020. Copyblogger is a brand and a platform that taught me everything I know. I used to read Copyblogger every morning when I was building my first online business. In April of 2026, I sold the majority share to Darrel Vesterfelt, who now runs it and operates it with great success.

• Content Economy Expo: CEX is a conference where we help business owners and entrepreneurs learn how to use content that builds their businesses. As an experiences content marketer, I know first hand the value of great content. This conference is a way for us to bring the best content entrepreneurs together, inspire others, and create a community of networking.

• Venture Behavioral Health Management: I’m the CMO and partner in a parent company that owns and operates behavioral healthcare treatment centers. Venture is a project that I feel honored and grateful to be a part of.

• Digital Commerce: An SEO agency that specializing in helping business owners sell more digital products, more services, and more online memberships. Digital Commerce was founded by Jonny Nastor, who is one of my closest business partners and a CEO that I respect greatly.

• ConvertKit: An email marketing platform that helps creators and online entrepreneurs build newsletters, marketing automations, landing pages, and more. ConvertKit has been the most valuable software I have used to build my own companies. When I was given the opportunity to invest in this company, I took advantage instantly.

• Recovery Local: My first online company was a website called Sober Nation. Sober Nation provides resources and information to people who are struggling with addiction. Over time, my partners and I created a conglomerate and websites, all of which help people with substance use disorder. Recovery Local is the business I am most proud of. From a structural standpoint, Recovery Local is a holdings company that owns …

  • Sober Nation

  • Your First Step

  • Detox Local

  • Medically Assisted

• Mighty Networks: I decided to invest in Mighty Networks because of my partnership with Darrell Vesterfelt, and most specifically, because of the respect and admiration I have to Mighty’s founder, Gina Bianchini. Mighty is by far the best platform there is to build an online community. The Copyblogger Academy is built on Mighty Networks.

• Cuppa: On AI powered online writing tool that is completely changing the way people generate written content, generate traffic, and build SEO campaigns for their business. I love this company and it’s CEO, Chris Riley.

Exits

• Stodzy Internet Marketing: My high level lead generation agency that works specifically in the behavioral health industry.

• Tulip Hill Health Care: I will always be passionate about helping people who struggle with addiction, find help and live a life free from the grip of drug and alcohol. Tulip Hill Health Care is an group of addiction treatment centers based in Tennessee and Kentucky.