Alchemy is Real with Akeem Shannon

College drop-out to multi-millionaire Destiny avoider to destiny embracer Pile of (stubborn) rocks to a pile of gold That is the journey of today’s guest on Get Your FILL – Financial Independence & Long Life podcast, Akeem Shannon. You may know him from Shark Tank. You may know him from the Today Show. You may even know him from the walls of the Smithsonian National Museum. But did you know that it all started with a book? Watch the video: https://youtu.be/6rcEUrjNy8w Connect with Akeem: https://www.instagram.com/akeemshannon https://www.instagram.com/getflipstik https://www.tiktok.com/@akeemshannon https://www.youtube.com/@AkeemShannon https://www.linkedin.com/in/akeemshannon akeemshannon.com About Akeem: After losing his college scholarship Akeem was forced to find work for $10 an hour at a local cell phone shop. But he leveraged the sales skills learned there to become the top sales professional at not 1 but 2 Fortune 500 companies. After an accomplished sales career, Akeem chose to pursue his dream of entrepreneurship. He struggled at first but eventually scaled his company Flipsitk from a single mall kiosk to an Inc Magazine Top 50 Fastest Growing Consumer Brand. With the help of celebrities like Snoop Dogg, appearances on Shark Tank and The Today Show, and distribution in 3000 retailers including Target, Best Buy, and AT&T, Akeem has now made customers out of 1 million consumers. Akeem’s stories have entertained and inspired on the stages of South by South West (SXSW), the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), Fast Company, Bank of America, the Smithsonian, and many more.