John Barksdale: International Businessman
John Barksdale is a serial entrepreneur and self-made man who knew from an early age that he wanted to go into business for himself. John Barksdale has launched numerous enterprises over the years and made his first million in sales by the time he
“I started my first company and business when I was thirteen years old,” he says. “And my family – money was always a big thing. I actually decided, when I was nine years old – I was walking behind my father’s tractor. My family ran a construction company. And I was picking rocks because we were construction workers. And I thought to myself: if I am created by some type of higher energy source – and my family are all Christian – and created in the image and likeness of something higher – what am I doing walking in back of a tractor, picking rocks?”
After learning a little bit about the family business, Mr. John Barksdale told his father he wanted something more. His father said he could go into business for himself – but that he would have to finish his education first. He completed school by the age of 13 and started his first company that same year. Today, John Barksdale is the founder of iAM Marketing, am international marketing and consulting firm. VISIT: HTTPS://JOHNBARKSDALEBLOG.WORDPRESS.COM