How I Got My Job by Jim Beach? – Jim Beach is a serial entrepreneur, McGraw-Hill bestselling author, speaker, and award-winning radio host. After starting as an entrepreneur at age 25 and growing his first company to over 700 employees without any capital infusions, Jim became a #1 ranked business school professor.
Jim’s classes (that started a real business every semester) were noticed by a Bloomberg reporter and that lead to…
- The McGraw-Hill bestselling book School For Startups,
- The 4x global b-plan contest-winning School For Startups online entrepreneurial program, and
- The SBA Media Award-winning School for Startup Radio on 25 AmFm stations.
How I Got My Job by Jim Beach?
He has spoken for UPS (2 national tours), Wells Fargo (over 25 engagements), CitiCorp, Sam’s Club, First Data, Chic-fil-A, Toshiba, SunTrust, McKinsey, Edelmans, BBVA Compass Bank, and many others. He is known for upbeat, entertaining talks.
The School for Startups Radio show won the Small Business Association Media Award, and it is featured on 25 AM/FM stations and several online platforms. Interviews include Brian Tracy and Ken Blanchard, Ted star Simon Sinek, Shark Tank star Kevin Harrington, Astronaut Mae Jemison, Pixar CFO Lawrence Levy, Cisco CEO John Chambers, Entrepreneur Russel Brunson, and over 4,200 others.
Jim’s McGraw Hill book School for Startups was published in June 2011 and reached #9 on Amazon and #1 on the business section. The book continues to be a best-seller after many years and received 4.8 stars from over 110 reviewers. It was excerpted by Entrepreneur magazine and the Wall Street Journal India. In a UPS commercial, Jim was referred to as the “Simon Cowell of venture capital” by CNN and has appeared on NPR, MBNBC, CNN, the New York Times, and many others.
Jim has lead fundraising efforts for real estate apps, healthcare IT, and hospitality companies in the last several years. He and his clients have been invited to White House Christmas Parties (Jim has twice presented to White House officials) and have appeared on shows like “Hannity.”
At the age of 25, Jim started the American Computer Experience and grew the company with no capital infusion to $12 million in annual revenue and over 700 employees. The company was the world’s largest technology training company for children and enjoyed tie-ins with Microsoft, Intel, Lego, NASA, and many others. After this business was sold, Jim taught at Georgia State University and was the top-ranked Business School professor 12 semesters in a row.
My first job was working in the international legal department of Coca-Cola. I was 16 years old and was looking for a summer job. A friend of my mothers was a very senior executive at the company. He offered to get me a job based entirely on family connections.
He called one day and said that the best job he could find for me was working on the shipping dock. During the summer, I would have to arrive at 5 am and load trucks for eight hours in a non-air-conditioned warehouse. I told him I loved the company, wanted to work there, and immediately accepted the job, despite my huge disappointment. He called back an hour later and said that the warehouse job had been a test, that my real job was in the air-conditioned legal department, and that I needed to wear a suit!
He had used the warehousing position to test me to see how willing I was to work hard and whether I loved the company enough to accept a manual job. Lesson learned: in your job search, people will test you, be ready! Years later, Coca-Cola would fire me from a different position and tell me that I was not a team player and that I should be an entrepreneur. I had never considered that before. But within a year, I did start a business that eventually grew to 700 employees.
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