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John F. James
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- Stone Mountian, GA
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- Married
- About Me:
- I am from Prichard, Alabama, by way of Huntsville, Atlanta, Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Atlanta, Chicago, and Atlanta, respectively.
After graduating from AAMU in '88, I received an MBA in Marketing from Atlanta University Graduate School of Business (now Clark Atlanta University) in '90.
Upon graduation I joined Kraft Foods as a Sales Executive with the Oscar Mayer Foods Division. This took me to Nashville, back to Atlanta, to Charlotte, and back to Atlanta during a 6 year stint. I "packaged out" after the integration of the Geneeral Foods business (downsized).
While on holiday in Chicago I met this really sharp (and cute) lady named Rita, whom I began to date long distance.
I later sold my home and moved to Chicago to pursue the relationship and look for work. I joined a boutique marketing firm in Chicago to head up Sales & Marketing, launching products for Kraft Foods, such as the now defunct garlic and onion flavored Mayo and Miracle Whip. I was also fortunate to have clients such as General Mills, and Colgate-Palmolive.
I returned to Kraft Foods in 2000 to manage the Maxwell House Coffee Business (Maxwell House, Premium Cup, Yuban, Sanka) at Corporate.
I married that Chicago girl in the summer of 2001 and my life was forever changed.
In 2002, Kraft Foods bought Nabisco and integrated the businesses (and people/positions). Once again I took a package and some time to decide what I want to be when/if I grow up.
I returned to Atlanta in early 2004 to join Georgia-Pacific Corporation as Marketing and Innovation Manager for the IT Group. That was big fun. After the years of pledging at Kraft, I couldn't believe that work could be low stress and rewarding at the same time.
My Princess, Harper, was born in March of 2005 and my life was, again, forever changed.
In 2006 G-P was acquired by Koch Industries and taken private. With that came another buyout and opportunity to ponder life.
Having done it on the side, I decided to throw myself in to Real Estate investment full time. Needless to say, that has been a wild ride. It has also been rewarding.
While I haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up, I have a clearer vision of my gifts and that, along with God's grace, are what guide me.
BTW: The father/daughter thing is absolutely amazing............
Updated March 14, 2009
How does an economic downturn affect the hustle? Significantly. The wild ride that was real estate investment is over. All of the investment properties lost value along with the rest of the U.S. residential real estate market.
We decided to shed them one by one until we were out of the game. Of the 19 properties, some were sold at a profit, some at breakeven, and some at a loss. The education that I got remains priceless.
Harper will be 4 years old in a few days. My precious little princess is growing up before my eyes.
Back to the hustle: Last year I watched my wife try yet another diet program. What was different about this one is that I saw her shed 65 pounds of fat before my eyes. Weighing in at 311 (Big Sexy) I decided to make this life change myself. I figured it would be worth it to give up the booze (I was drinking Heineken like water, not to mention scotch, cognac, and merlot) for the diet period.
Over the next 12 weeks (Feb – May 2008) I dropped 81 pounds of fat, weighing in at 230. I am still at that weight today.
Because so many people wanted to know what we did (some assumed surgery), we turned on some family members who also saw success.
The trained marketing guy in me recognized an opportunity to provide a life changing opportunity to the masses. We studied homeopathy, linked up with suppliers, and began selling the diet program.
While we are on a slow and steady growth plan, we are meeting our objectives. The objective: Share this with everyone dealing with that pesky 10, 20, or 100 pounds.
• No hunger
• No exercise
• Lose fat, not bone, not muscle
• Lose up to a pound a day
Please visit www.losefatfastonline.com to learn more.
- What years did you attend AAMU?
- 1984-1988
- What was your major?
- Political Science/Business Administration
- What extra curricular activities did you participate?
- Alpha Phi Alpha, Marching Maroon & White, SGA, Port City Bulldogs, Phi Beta Lambda,
- What is your occupation? (for professional networking purposes)
- Entrepreneur
- What is your current city & state of residence?
- Atlanta (Stone Mountain)
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Wassup...Man we were just talking about you last week. Marco said you were all buff now. You have beautiful wife and Harper is adorable. Hit me with your contact info.(email it) We are in the ATL occasionally. Maybe we can link up. Always good to hear from a friend. God bless you & yours.
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He passed away the week before Christmas. He was very ill at the time. He passed away in Atlanta but his funeral was in Detroit.
Fish
You have a very beautiful family. I'm glad to see you are dropping the pounds. Keep it up.
Did you hear about William Hunter??
I was floored when I read your message about Eric. My heart goes out to his family.
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