The Home Business Academy, In A Nutshell
Again and again and again, we'd build up successful businesses and be enjoying the fruits of our labors, when something outside of our control would come in to hurt that income and/or the people we were serving.
Companies would quit on us, change the compensation plan, or begin to act and treat people in ways that were out of alignment with our values.
In June of 2016, we'd decided we'd had enough and it was either time to leave the home business profession altogether OR try to build something that could be the change we wished to see in the home business world.
We decided to do the crazy thing and start The Home Business Academy, so we and the people we wanted to serve could have something to believe in and count on, long term.
“We exist to inspire and empower freedom through principle centered leadership, by being the change we wish to see in the home business world.”
OUR MANIFESTO
The Freedom Crusaders Manifesto
What We Believe
We'll never change the comp plan on you
- We believe in never changing the compensation plan. When a rep or affiliate signs on to promote a company, they do it in good faith, under the expectation that they will be compensated based on the terms at the start of the agreement. This agreement should be honored and never changed at the whim of a company who wants to move carrots and sticks around or re-allocate the profits to benefit various 'top level' individuals within the organization.
People over profits
- We believe in always putting customers and affiliates first (People over profits) We decided at the very beginning that if ever we faced a decision that would put more money in the companies pockets versus helping our customers or affiliates - we would always choose the people. The reason for this is simple. It's how we would have wanted to have been treated in all those other companies we've been a part of over the years and it doesn't feel good when the opposite happens.
Treat everyone the way we want to be treated
- We believe in treating everyone in our community the way we wish to be treated ourselves.
Specifically this means...
- Always taking the time to help those who need help (as long as they're willing to work and learn for their better futures). John Maxwell calls this 'Walking slowly through the halls.' Speed is worthless if you're not helping the people you're supposed to help along the way.
- Always showing kindness, respect and patience
- Striving to help everyone feel valued and never 'less than'. This means we encourage and appreciate contribution from all community members, recognize and celebrate success in all of its various forms, and always respect each persons individual agency by supporting them in their goals vs, trying to impose our wills upon them.
Do the right thing, every time
- We believe in always striving to do the right thing in every decision we make.
Stay in business for the long haul
- We believe in staying in business long term.
Give back as we grow
- We believe in giving back and make the world a better place as we succeed (see Our Cause below)
Be a light outside of business
- We believe we should strive to be, and encourage all community members to be, lights in the world by allowing our values to play out in our lives outside of business.
What We Offer
We create and offer tools, training and coaching within our product lineup and affiliate model that inspire and empower people to move toward freedom with quality and simplicity in mind.
Since We Started
- Our community has enhanced the lives of thousands of customers with our products
- We've helped over 2,000 people earn a commission through our affiliate program.
- We, as a unified community, have helped provide 462,367 meals to underprivileged kids around the world through our donations to Feed My Starving Children (see Our Cause below).
Meet Our Founders
Mike Hobbs
Military vet turned expert internet marketer. Lives in sunny Southern Utah with his wife Christy and their 6 kids.
Read more about Mike
Mike Hobbs is a former military vet turned expert internet marketer and home business entrepreneur.
He and his wife Christy live in sunny Southern Utah with their 6 amazing kids.
Mike has been recognized as a top producer in both Network Marketing and Affiliate marketing, winning competitions and being listed on the leader boards for some of the biggest names and companies in the business.
He's affectionately known as 'The President of Prosperity' or 'The Titan of Tech' in some of his closer circles, hinting at his talents and passions for helping home business entrepreneurs find more success through innovative marketing strategy.
In what some might call a 'dog-eat-dog' world, you'll never fail to find Mike serving in the trenches, showing up to webinars and answering questions in social media chat groups to help those looking to him for leadership.
He's truly one of the best in the business and we are fortunate and honored to have his leadership here with us in The Home Business Academy™.
Paul Hutchings
Former call center cubicle worker turned home business owner. Lives in Southeast Idaho with his wife Corene and their 4 boys.
Read more about Paul
Paul 'The Freedom Crusader' Hutchings is a former call center cubicle worker turned home business owner extraordinaire.
He lives with his beautiful wife Corene and their 4 rambunctious young boys in Southeast Idaho.
Paul went from struggling in direct sales, living in a trailer-house to becoming the #1 recruiter and producer in his nutritional network marketing company.
He's served on the leadership council of two different companies and has been recognized as a top producer in every project he's thrown his heart into since 2009.
His main passion in life is serving those who are serious about finding success in Direct Sales and does this mainly through his leadership responsibilities with The Home Business Academy™.
OUR CAUSE
Feeding Kids in Need
462,367
meals provided to kids in need through Feed My Starving Children, and counting.
Our Core Values
On behalf of each and every heart centered 'Freedom Crusader' inside The Home Business Academy, we want to sincerely thank you for taking the time to stop by this page and learn about us.
If you resonate with what you've seen on this page, we hope you'll join us.
Thanks for reading and whatever you do, always go for your dreams!
Inspiring and empowering freedom through principle centered leadership.
For all product purchases, we donate a small portion of revenue to help feed hungry children.
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