Introductory Issue 2015
Special points of interest:
Volume 1, Issue 1
Special Introductory Issue - Meet The Coast To Coast Business Networking Team!
Meet The Coast to Coast Business Network Facebook Group Team
Introducing, Facebook Group Found-
How they made the decision to
ers of ‘Coast to Coast Business Net-
go into business for themselves;
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Rowland.
Gregory Bey’s Story About His Journey Toward Becoming An Entrepreneur
Meme of Inspiration
working,’ Alan Holmes & Danny
as well as, why they felt the need
Inside this issue: Feature Story
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Feature Story Cont.
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Promote Your Business
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Promote Your Business Cont.
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Share Your Social Page
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Share Your Social Page Conti.
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The Smart Guy
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to develop a group to encourage
Journey with them as they share more entrepreneurs to achieve Their empowering story about the success that they deserve.
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Meet the Coast to Coast Business Network, Facebook Group Entrepreneurs
“I
am the owner of
the Airbrush Works and the Co-Founder of a Facebook Group, named,
learn Airbrushing,
Adjunct Instructor.
develop their own style, as well as, Enterprise Skills if they would like to open up their own Air-
My hopes and dreams are to be able to help my
COAST TO COAST
Photo: Daniel Rowland and his beautiful daughter, Zakiya Ray! Daniel Rowland is the CoFounder of Coast to Coast Business Network, Facebook Group For Entrepreneurs
BUSINESS NETWORK.
“My hopes and
I am also a Minister through COGIC. Bishop Clifford Jackson, Sr.
dreams are to be
Pastor of St Paul
able to help my
fellow small business Owners. That is why I started the Facebook Group. It was a platform to inspire others to pursue their Dreams. So that they too, may use the phrase ,
I have been a selfemployed Airbrush Artist for 20+ years. I started my first Airbrushing
that is why I started
“I HAVE WINED AND DINED WITH KINGS AND QUEENS, AND SLEPT IN ALLEYWAYS EATING PORK AND BEANS.
the Facebook Group
In short, I want others to achieve their full
Business right after I left
and to Inspire
Monument of Faith COGIC, ordained me April 2012.
Westport Sr. High, located in Kansas City MO. My BIG BREAK came back 28 years ago, when I had the privilege of airbrushing some gear for former WWF/E Superstars. I have done some commission work for Warner Brothers
fellow small business people and
others to pursue brushing Business. I held classes at UMKC through their “Communiversity”
outreach program and formed URBAN ART EDUCATION, an outlet to teach youth and
Education Department. I am also providing low cost classes through the City of Dallas Parks and Rec. Department at the Anita Martinez Rec. Center. I am also on staff at the Jr. College Level at Tarrant County
whoever has the desire to
Community College as an
Animation Department. I recently started an
potential. In His Service, Daniel Rowland Always Believe.” Cont. on pg. 3
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Meet the Coast to Coast Business Network, Facebook Group Entrepreneurs, Cont. manager told me, I had a screen test for Sony Studios. However, fate intervened because it was the night before my swearing in to go to the US Army.
Alan Holmes, Co-Founder of Coast to Coast Business Network, Facebook Group For Entrepreneur
“H
ello Future Visionaries,
Entrepreneurs and ALL AROUND DREAMERS. My name is Alan Holmes from Southern CA. I was born in Los Angeles Ca,(Raised In Compton) where I resided the first 15 years of my life. Growing up with a father who was a door-door salesman for Watkins products, ( a company still around today), the entrepreneur in me was instilled early. From the age of 14-17 I ate, slept, and breathed the life of a Film and Television star. Although, I did some theater in High School, film is what I wanted. I even had the honor and privilege of getting extra roles in hit shows of the 90's such as, "The Wonder Years, Beverly Hills 90210, as well as, several movies; including, "Casper Meets Wendy. My biggest accomplishment; however, was participating in a commercial for the 1984 Olympics. My time was vested so much, that in late 1987, my then
I served proudly in Herzogenarauch, W. Germany; and was honorably discharged in 1990. It was then, LIFE presented me with several options. I found myself going from college classes, to several employers including, but not limited to, the following: Game Attendant for CHUCKIE CHEESE, Photographer, Telemarketer, Sales/Stock Clerk...and eventually Bus BOY. By 1998, I had worked for several others and wanted to seek my entrepreneur side. I attended a large organization called IBI, which today is known as, Ceospace America. Here I learned a great deal. As it set me on my path to where I am today. By 2001, life however, once again, gave another lesson in humility when I met my wife, (then girlfriend) Melissa. For next several years, due to a large company's false accusation, my wife and I went through financial rough patches, that left us semi homeless. Then In 2007, I learned my wife suffered from mental illness. Even though this explained a lot of her behavior in the past, it left me confused and concerned. By 2011, my wife and I were completely homeless for 3 months. Through trial and error, I learned, patience, and gratitude. However in 2012,my life was once again turned inside out when my wife, Melissa attempted to take her own life due to her illness. As I sat in the hospital with her over the following weeks, several emotions, includ-
ing guilt, anger, frustration, etc grew. In the end, I knew I had to make a CHANGE. As a went back to work, I was STUNNED. My then employer gave me a shock of my life when they gave me a ultimatum, to get my head out the sand or else....Keep in mind, this talk came only days after leaving Melissa in hospital. Needless to say, I walked away on a set income on November 27, 2012. Even though I knew I had to make, what appeared to be the hardest call in my life. Fast forward to early 2015....In March 2015, I received a phone call from a business associate who wish to give me a referral of someone who needed to raise funds for his T-Shirt Business. By June 2015, Danny Rowland and I had our group. We started Coast-Coast Network in full swing. Despite the ups and downs, and unknowns, it is both an honor and a privilege to help others. As a Master Connector, (A name bestowed on my by a business associate Jacklyn Flowers several years ago), I specialize in connecting business owners, (home based and storefront) entrepreneurs, (artists, musicians, I innovators of new technologies....), as well as the every day consumer (end user of the first two groups). In short, I connect, build, and expand. I am your HUMAN Search Engine. In closing, as I learned in the Army, as we continue to grow, always REACH BACK to help another. See you on the beaches of the World!!! - Alan Holmes
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Coast to Coast Business Network Gregory Bey, Legally Blind and A Member of Coast To Coast Business Network, Shares His Incredible Story to Becoming a Self - Made Entrepreneur in His Own Words.
“M
y name is Gregory H
Bey, and I am a home-based business entrepreneur who happens to be legally blind. I was born with this condition and over the years I have had to learn to deal with it. In my younger years, my condition was not as bad as it has become in my later years. That is to say that I was able to find my way around with out the use of a cane or the help of some one to guide me.
My goal was to be a big band Jazz drummer (I love big bands) but my eye condition made it very difficult to read the music charts. That was an obstacle I didn't know how to get around. As I got older, my eye condition got worse and it was a hard choice, but I decided that it was time to leave the drums alone. A few years after I stopped playing music, another friend gave me a magazine about work from home business opportunities. I looked at some of the full page ads in the magazine saying how you could make thousands of dollars in your own home based business. I wondered why I didn't know about this before.
“For the next twenty years I worked as a free lance drummer, working around New York, traveling around the U.S. Canada and a trip to Europe.”
I started requesting details from these offers and that began my quest to get RICH in my own homebased business... Then I fell into the trap that millions of people fall into every day...
I became a Get-RichQuick-Junkie! I spent the For many years, I had very low self next several years chasing esteem and had very little confidence in myself. I manquick money schemes. I threw away thousands of dollars aged to finish high school two years behind because of my thinking I was going to Strike it rich, investing in bogus eye condition. Little did I know what awaited me in the quick cash opportunities. But all was not lost. Along the real world... way, I learned valuable information from many of the inWhen I was about seventeen years old, I had a friend who formation products that I purchased. was taking drum lessons. He told me, if I wanted to learn I consider this as investing in my marketing education. too, he would teach me what he had learned from the les- After I finally started to wake up and realize that there resons he took each week. At the time I had no interest in ally is no Free lunch, and that millions of unsuspecting much of anything but I told him, sure I wanted to learn people who are just trying to improve their financial how to play the drums. I started learning from my friend condition fall prey to ruthless, cold blooded rip-off artist. I and after a lot of convincing, I got my father to buy me a knew what I wanted to do about it. That is why I share starter drum kit. what I have learned about building a lasting home-based business on my web site at: After I learned to play well enough, I started playing with www.go2homebiz101.com small bands around my home town of Pittsburgh. After about four years, I decided to hit the big time and move to I can also be contacted by phone at: 1-412 244-0448. Just New York City. For the next twenty years I worked as a give me a call at any time to see if I can be of any help to free lance drummer, working around New York, traveling you.” around the U.S. Canada and a trip to Europe.
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