What You'll Learn

- How Abi built a repeatable land investing business without taking on debt, starting from a burned-out 9-to-5

- The "goodwill times number of offers" principle that changed his revenue, explained with a simple coffee shop story

- The four types of offers every business should be making, and what it costs you to skip even one

- Why speed and availability close more sales than objection handling ever will

- How he separates trust from goodwill, and why one grows a business while the other only sustains it

Episode Highlights

00:00 – What really separates a quick win from lasting wealth

01:47 – From a burned-out job to land investing: how Abi got started

10:24 – The costly early mistake of buying land that did not exist

20:59 – How avoiding debt and needing to work from home shaped his focus

29:47 – The coffee shop principle: goodwill times the number of offers

39:38 – Why building goodwill cannot be rushed

47:08 – Why volume defeats luck when you are building a business

50:36 – Trust versus goodwill, and why they are not the same thing

57:53 – The four offers every business should make, or you leave money on the table

Meet the Guest

Abi Asija is the founder of Honest Wealth Builders and author of The Land Business. He has closed more than 700 land deals and built a seven-figure company by buying and selling vacant parcels, and he now teaches the principles behind building steady, durable wealth.

Tools, Frameworks, and Strategies Mentioned

- Goodwill times Number of Offers, Abi's core business equation

- The four offer types: attraction, upsell, downsell, and continuity

- Speed to lead and availability as sales levers

- Owner financing as the primary model for selling land

- A land due diligence checklist covering legal versus physical access, arroyos and wetlands, and title

- GIS mapping tools such as Land ID and free county GIS systems

- The setter-closer sales model

- Lifetime value thinking for existing customers

- Land Investing Mistakes and The Land Business, the books that grew out of his checklist and principles

Closing Insight

Real wealth gets built with clarity, patience, and the discipline to keep showing up when the work stops being exciting but still matters. Abi's story is a reminder that the most durable businesses are often built quietly, one honest decision at a time.

Guest Links

Website: https://honestwealthbuilders.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HonestWealthBuilders

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abiasija

Book, The Land Business: https://amzn.to/4p6JZbM

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Some founders begin with investors, connections, or a clear path forward. Troy Alexander’s story began in a much harder place.

In this episode of Ingleside Reviews: Innovators Unveiled, host A.D. Edwards sits down with Troy Alexander, founder and CEO of T363 Skincare, for a powerful conversation about prison, accountability, discipline, reinvention, and building a men’s skincare brand from the ground up.

Troy opens up about the choices that led him to prison, the people who helped guide him during one of the lowest seasons of his life, and the habits that helped him rebuild after incarceration. He also shares how journaling, faith, self-respect, and personal discipline became part of his daily foundation.

The conversation also explores the business behind T363 Skincare, including product development, customer trust, men’s self-care, beauty industry hype, real innovation, and what it takes to build a brand with purpose.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• How Troy Alexander turned prison into a turning point

• Why journaling and self-reflection became part of his rebuilding process

• What it takes to launch a men’s skincare brand in a competitive industry

• Why self-care, discipline, and confidence are connected

• How founders can keep moving when people doubt their vision

• Why your past does not have to disqualify your future

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

00:00 – Why Troy Alexander’s story matters

03:18 – The early signs that Troy wanted to build something

03:56 – The moment life moved in a direction he did not expect

08:51 – The mental shift that happened during incarceration

11:43 – The promise Troy made to himself after prison

16:12 – The daily habits that helped him rebuild

17:17 – How the conversation shifts into T363 Skincare

35:08 – What real innovation looks like in men’s skincare

39:11 – What Troy wants people to understand about reinvention

MEET THE GUEST

Troy Alexander is the founder and CEO of T363 Skincare, a men’s skincare brand built around self-care, discipline, and helping men take better care of themselves. His journey from prison to entrepreneurship is a story of accountability, resilience, and reinvention.

TOOLS, STRATEGIES, OR IDEAS MENTIONED

• Journaling as a discipline for rebuilding your life

• Morning routines and personal accountability

• Men’s skincare and self-care

• Customer conversations and real-world feedback

• T363 Voices

• Building trust in a beauty and skincare brand

Troy Alexander’s story is a reminder that your past does not have to define your future. What matters most is the decision to change direction, take responsibility, and build something meaningful from the lessons life gives you.

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What does it really take to turn everyday life, comedy, and personal struggle into a creator business that reaches people?

In the Season 2 premiere of Ingleside Reviews: Innovators Unveiled, host A.D. Edwards sits down with Adrian Alvarez, owner and CEO of AKA Skits and Giggles, for a real story behind breakthrough success.

Adrian shares how he started making videos long before he saw social media as a business, how childhood humor and family influence shaped his comedy, and how consistency helped him keep going when the audience was small and the doubts were loud.

This conversation also goes behind the scenes of the creator journey. Adrian talks about his wife’s serious health challenges, including kidney failure and dialysis, and how their audience responded with unexpected love and support when they chose to share that part of their life.

A.D. and Adrian also discuss what many people misunderstand about content creators, including the work behind the camera, learning equipment, building a brand, selling merchandise, handling customer service, getting monetized, setting up a business, and choosing to keep content clean and family-friendly.

This episode is for builders, doers, creators, entrepreneurs, and everyday innovators who are trying to turn an idea into something real without losing who they are in the process.

What You’ll Learn:

How Adrian Alvarez turned comedy into a growing creator business

Why consistency matters when nobody is watching yet

How personal challenges can become part of a deeper connection with an audience

Why clean content can be both a values decision and a smart business decision

What creators need to understand about monetization, merchandise, and treating content like a business

Meet the Guest:

Adrian Alvarez is the owner and CEO of AKA Skits and Giggles, a social media comedy brand built around relatable storytelling, clean humor, family culture, and connection.

Closing Insight:

If you are building something meaningful, start where you are, use what you have, and keep going long enough to get better.

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Visit: InnovatorsUnveiled.com

Host: A.D. Edwards

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What does it really take to turn a simple idea into a global brand when the road is full of setbacks, bad supplier deals, manufacturing problems, and hard decisions?

In this episode of Ingleside Reviews: Innovators Unveiled, A.D. Edwards sits down with Mike Watts, founder of Love Handle, to uncover the real story behind building one of the most recognizable smartphone accessory brands in the world. Mike shares practical founder lessons from licensing products, losing nearly half a million dollars in inventory, rebuilding through U.S.-based manufacturing, and staying committed to family ownership, quality, resilience, and long-term brand stewardship.

03:14 – Mike shares how side hustles, baseball cards, and early jobs shaped his entrepreneurial mindset

07:01 – The Pivotrim story and the lessons Mike learned about patents, manufacturing, packaging, and product protection

12:02 – How the Love Handle origin story began with a simple phone grip idea called Thing Sling

17:01 – Why Mike knew within two days that Love Handle could become a breakthrough product

18:38 – Mike explains his product evaluation checklist, including market size, problem size, liability, and whether the product can be demonstrated quickly

24:26 – The expensive early mistake that made Love Handle’s first launch harder than expected

26:14 – How a supplier quality issue led to a nearly half-million-dollar inventory loss

32:58 – Why Mike now advises founders to take affordable steps, start smaller, and be okay with selling out

38:49 – The Samsung order that helped prove Love Handle had real demand

45:45 – How U.S.-based manufacturing helped Love Handle control quality, move faster, and serve customers better

51:16 – How Mike missed Shark Tank but still built a relationship with Daymond John through persistence and hustle

60:47 – Why great brand storytelling should make the customer the hero

66:45 – Mike’s approach to servant leadership, company culture, and building a team people want to stay with

Mike Watts is the founder of Love Handle, a family-run smartphone accessory company based in South Houston, Texas. After years of side hustles, product ventures, trade shows, and manufacturing lessons, Mike built Love Handle from a simple phone grip into a global brand known for practical design, customization, and U.S.-based production.

Mike’s story is a reminder that innovation rarely moves in a straight line. It is built through trial and error, affordable steps, quality decisions, and the willingness to keep going when the dream feels heavy.

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What should every entrepreneur understand before starting, scaling, or pivoting a business?

In this Business Advantage Series episode of Ingleside Reviews: Innovators Unveiled, A.D. Edwards talks with Dr. Patrick J. Murphy about the deeper logic behind successful entrepreneurship. Dr. Murphy explains why founders should begin with real problems instead of prepackaged solutions, how opportunity and idea work together, why trial and error drives growth, and how entrepreneurs can build stronger teams, cultures, networks, and business models that last.

03:13 – Dr. Murphy shares how philosophy, epistemology, and the study of knowledge shaped his view of entrepreneurship

08:15 – Why every aspiring entrepreneur should start with a problem they care about solving

10:35 – How problems become opportunities before they become viable business ideas

13:18 – Why founders should use contracts and formal agreements, even with friends, spouses, or family members

17:04 – The artist and business-person model for building a balanced entrepreneurial team

20:05 – How mission and culture act like a compass when the business environment changes

23:52 – Why entrepreneurs do not always need to invent something brand new to create value

27:41 – The difference between opportunity, idea, and product-market fit

33:48 – Why Dr. Murphy is not a big fan of business plans in the earliest stages of entrepreneurship

39:15 – How universities and research frameworks can help entrepreneurs make better decisions

44:48 – Why wisdom, curiosity, and not caring too much what others think are powerful founder traits

53:03 – How founders can avoid analysis paralysis through intentional team building

59:11 – Why feedback loops help entrepreneurs balance vision with daily execution

1:04:44 – How strong communities help founders pivot when something is not working

1:09:15 – The right way to think about networking, weak ties, and second-order connections

1:20:01 – Why growth always creates waste, errors, and opportunities for innovation

1:28:07 – The five questions every investor needs answered before funding a business

1:31:01 – Why entrepreneurs should embrace “ready, fire, aim” instead of waiting for perfect certainty

Dr. Patrick J. Murphy is the Goodrich Endowed Chair at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a respected professor, entrepreneurship expert, and thought leader. His work connects academic research, entrepreneurial ecosystems, strategy, innovation, and real-world founder development.

Dr. Murphy’s central message is that entrepreneurship grows through the correction of error. Founders do not need perfect certainty before they begin. They need a real problem, a strong mission, the right people, and the courage to act, learn, adjust, and keep moving.

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How does a near-death health crisis become the starting point for a purpose-driven beverage brand?

In this episode of Ingleside Reviews: Innovators Unveiled, A.D. Edwards talks with Anna Cobb, founder of Rejuvenation, about turning a life-threatening allergic reaction into a clean energy beverage company built around resilience, plant science, wellness, and consumer education. Anna shares how she started in a Tuskegee University dorm room, built early momentum through family support and pop-up shops, entered retail, won pitch competitions, received the Black Ambition Prize, and continued expanding her vision with new plant-based beverage products like Okra Water.

02:11 – Anna Cobb shares how a severe allergic reaction changed the direction of her life

04:09 – Waking up after weeks in the hospital and realizing the experience had become a calling

07:08 – How studying plant science at Tuskegee helped Anna connect wellness, agriculture, and clean ingredients

09:47 – Starting Vegan Queen Cuisine and building early demand for juices from a dorm room

12:35 – How Anna’s mother, grandmother, and family friend helped keep the business moving while she was at Purdue

15:21 – The early Rejuvenation flavors, including pineapple, apple, hibiscus, peach, and blackberry

16:02 – The launch of Okra Water and why the product is designed around hydration, beauty, and women’s wellness

20:40 – How Anna discovered Yassa, the Ecuadorian energy herb used in Rejuvenation

22:04 – The real production challenges of making juice by hand in small batches

25:35 – Why entrepreneurs need to understand scale, supply chain, licensing, and food regulations early

30:37 – How branding, color, booth presence, and personality helped Rejuvenation stand out

34:31 – Why beverage brands often need to give away large amounts of product before they gain traction

38:17 – How retail challenges pushed Anna to learn fundraising, pitch competitions, and business strategy

41:58 – Winning pitch competitions and receiving support from Black Ambition

45:23 – Anna’s retail advice for founders trying to get into grocery stores

50:05 – Why label reading, clean ingredients, and wellness education are part of Rejuvenation’s mission

54:34 – How Rejuvenation’s bold energy branding differs from Okra Water’s calming self-care positioning

58:39 – The strategic importance of clean books, margins, and knowing your numbers

1:00:07 – How Anna leads her team by identifying strengths, creating collaboration, and hiring carefully

1:01:50 – How Rejuvenation is expanding through four wellness pillars: energy, hydration, focus, and digestion

1:03:10 – The personal habits that help Anna stay resilient, including prayer, journaling, and coaching volleyball

Anna Cobb is the founder of Rejuvenation, a plant-based energy beverage company inspired by her own health crisis and rooted in clean ingredients, wellness education, and plant science. She is also a Black Ambition Prize recipient and an emerging founder building a beverage company around energy, hydration, focus, digestion, and culturally resonant wellness.

Anna’s story is a powerful reminder that innovation can begin in crisis, but it grows through resilience, learning, and the willingness to keep moving through rejection. Her journey shows that purpose-driven entrepreneurship is not only about having a product. It is about knowing who you serve, why it matters, and how to keep improving until the right customers find you.

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What does it really take to turn an idea into a real product that can survive the journey from sketch to shelf?

In this episode of Ingleside Reviews: Innovators Unveiled, A.D. Edwards talks with Carmine Denisco, president of the United Inventors Association, about the invention process, product development, licensing, patents, prototyping, manufacturing, and the common mistakes that stop great ideas before they reach the market. Carmine shares practical inventor lessons from decades of helping creators move from inspiration to real-world products, with a strong focus on education, strategy, mentorship, and protecting inventors from costly missteps.

02:40 – Carmine shares how taking things apart as a kid shaped his love for invention and problem solving

04:22 – The first product Carmine invented and the hard lesson he learned when the idea was taken

06:23 – Why mentorship matters and how not asking for help led to early missteps

08:08 – How working with Bob Circosta and Home Shopping Network helped Carmine commit to product development

10:15 – The biggest early challenge inventors face: not understanding the right sequence of development

12:27 – Why inventors need to remove emotion from their ideas and test them against the market

15:10 – How Earmark Sourcing began by helping inventors who were not ready for retail or TV shopping

18:05 – Why many first-time inventors spend money on patents too early

20:22 – The traits Carmine sees in inventors who successfully reach licensing or launch

22:06 – When an inventor should think about patents, design patents, provisional patents, and product protection

25:00 – How e-commerce, Amazon, TikTok Shop, and direct-to-consumer selling changed the invention landscape

27:02 – Why timing matters, and why being first to market is not always the best path

31:05 – The mission of the United Inventors Association and how it supports inventors through education and connections

33:16 – Carmine’s warning about invention submission companies and why inventors should be cautious

39:48 – Why a patent is not enough if you cannot afford to enforce it

42:08 – How licensing deals have changed and why proof of sales matters more than ever

45:12 – Why performance guarantees matter in licensing contracts

47:32 – The Scrub Daddy story and what inventors can learn from perseverance

49:05 – Where Carmine sees the next opportunities for inventors and why niche markets matter

50:10 – How AI, 3D printing, and rapid prototyping can help small inventors move faster

Carmine Denisco is an inventor, entrepreneur, product development expert, and president of the United Inventors Association. Through his work with inventors, product developers, Shark Tank companies, manufacturers, and innovation networks, Carmine helps creators turn ideas into real products while avoiding common mistakes in patents, licensing, prototyping, and manufacturing.

Carmine’s message is clear: a good idea is only the beginning. Successful inventors need process, protection, feedback, market proof, the right team, and the humility to learn before they spend too much money in the wrong direction. The inventors who make it are the ones who keep going, keep learning, and surround themselves with people who can help turn possibility into a product.

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How do you save a 100-year-old company without losing the history that made people love it in the first place?

In this episode of Ingleside Reviews: Innovators Unveiled, A.D. Edwards talks with Brian and Sally Krichbaum, the husband-and-wife owners of Gilbert Chocolates, about buying, preserving, and modernizing a beloved Jackson, Michigan chocolate company with more than a century of history. They share how they brought production back downtown, protected legacy recipes, upgraded old equipment with practical engineering, survived COVID, expanded retail and e-commerce, and learned what it means to be caretakers of a brand the community still holds close.

02:31 – Brian and Sally share their professional paths before buying Gilbert Chocolates

04:20 – How Brian discovered the company while consulting for the previous owner

06:07 – The moment Sally realized they were really going to buy the business

08:06 – Taking over right before the Christmas season and learning retail through baptism by fire

10:48 – Why Brian and Sally see themselves as caretakers of Gilbert Chocolates’ legacy

13:08 – How Gilbert Chocolates’ history connects to Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan

14:42 – Preserving original recipes while using modern ingredient sourcing

17:26 – The 120-year-old marble tables and candy equipment still used in production

20:10 – How sugar-free, dairy-free, and specialty chocolates fit into the product mix

25:32 – Why moving the company back downtown was such a meaningful operational and community decision

28:46 – Renovating an abandoned historic building and carrying out coal dust by hand

32:08 – Rebuilding more in-house production, including cherry cordials and peanut butter cups

34:37 – Modern retail tools, including rewards programs, app ordering, and DoorDash delivery

36:02 – The real operational challenge of shipping chocolate through e-commerce

39:23 – How customer demand led Gilbert Chocolates to introduce Dubai chocolates

42:20 – The business decisions Brian and Sally are most proud of, including staying open during COVID

45:16 – How they balance marriage, work, and shared leadership

48:12 – Dividing responsibilities between operations, equipment, finance, hiring, and store management

51:05 – Community involvement, historical society events, chocolate fountains, and local partnerships

54:30 – Why they consider themselves brand stewards more than brand innovators

57:38 – The biggest advice for entrepreneurs buying or reviving a legacy business: avoid unnecessary debt

59:45 – Leadership lessons about matching actions with words and staying calm as the person others watch

Brian and Sally Krichbaum are the owners of Gilbert Chocolates, a historic chocolate company based in Jackson, Michigan. Since purchasing the company in 2013, they have worked to preserve its legacy, bring production back downtown, maintain century-old traditions, and grow the business through practical innovation, community connection, and careful stewardship.

Brian and Sally’s story shows that preserving a legacy does not mean refusing to change. It means knowing what must never be lost, then improving the systems around it so the business can keep serving the next generation. For Gilbert Chocolates, that means honoring the recipes, the history, the community, and the craft while making careful decisions that keep the company strong.

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What does it take to break barriers, reinvent yourself, and build success across completely different industries?

In this episode of Ingleside Reviews: Innovators Unveiled, A.D. Edwards talks with Dr. Rochel Marie Lawson, a registered nurse, entrepreneur, author, podcast host, and founder of the first woman-owned, minority-owned telecommunications installation company in the United States. Dr. Lawson shares how she moved from nursing into telecom, built a company in a male-dominated industry, learned to trust her intuition, and developed a life philosophy rooted in resilience, wellness, mindset, and legacy.

02:07 – Dr. Lawson shares her Silicon Valley roots and how growing up around boys shaped her tenacity

05:01 – Facing resistance as a young African American woman in the good old boys network of construction and telecom

09:02 – Why Dr. Lawson moved from communications to engineering, nursing, and eventually entrepreneurship

12:06 – Starting a telecom company with her husband and landing major clients within weeks

15:44 – How nursing, trauma care, and emergency medicine prepared her for business challenges

19:03 – Why she never saw setbacks as failures, only lessons with wisdom attached

21:05 – The childhood baseball story that revealed her early determination

23:22 – The track and field mentor who taught her visualization, affirmations, meditation, and success mindset

27:05 – Why she trusted telecom as the right opportunity, even before the industry fully emerged

30:09 – How reinvention works when you keep your old identities as tools instead of discarding them

33:02 – Advice for entrepreneurs who hear the voice asking, “Who am I to do this?”

35:11 – Why it is never too late to start something meaningful

37:02 – What “the queen of feeling fabulous” means in everyday life

41:28 – Wellness practices that help entrepreneurs stay grounded, healthy, and productive

46:20 – Why every business starts with similar fundamentals: plan, strategy, execution, and structure

49:02 – How Dr. Lawson learned to manage money, legal structure, books, and business systems

52:09 – The danger of spending to keep up with the Joneses

55:44 – Why entrepreneurs should surround themselves with more successful people

58:01 – How the National Association of Women Business Owners helped Dr. Lawson grow her company and her network

Dr. Rochel Marie Lawson is an entrepreneur, registered nurse, best-selling author, podcast host, wellness advocate, and founder of a groundbreaking telecommunications installation company. Known as the Queen of Feeling Fabulous, she helps people connect wellness, wisdom, wealth, mindset, and personal transformation.

Dr. Lawson’s story is a reminder that reinvention is not about starting over from nothing. It is about carrying your lessons, identities, skills, scars, and wisdom into the next opportunity with courage. Her journey shows that success is built through resilience, self-belief, wellness, structure, and the willingness to keep moving forward even when the path is difficult.

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What if the real difference between a struggling team and a thriving organization is not more money, more talent, or more hours, but better leadership?

In this episode of Ingleside Reviews: Innovators Unveiled, A.D. Edwards talks with Nick Edwards, co-founder of 410 Consulting Group and 410 Studios, founder of the nonprofit Impact 320, certified executive coach, and author of Big Dreams, Small Steps. Nick shares how leaders can create clarity, build consistency, scale people and profits, and develop the kind of legacy that outlives the business itself.

02:17 – Nick shares his Dallas roots, family life, and early background

03:20 – How being a pastor, police officer, entrepreneur, and executive coach prepared him to lead leaders

05:05 – Why healthy leadership includes spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical health

07:10 – How working with a life coach helped Nick invest in his own personal growth

09:04 – The origin of My Leadership Coach, 410 Consulting Group, and 410 Studios

11:13 – Why Impact 320 focuses on empowering men, strengthening families, and shaping generations

13:18 – The challenge of marketing yourself when you are the product

15:02 – Why getting started is the number one rule of success

17:07 – The difference between managing tasks and leading people

18:45 – Why high-level leaders are great at saying no

21:07 – How lack of clear vision causes organizations to stall

23:08 – Why integrity fights for you in rooms where you are absent

24:38 – How Big Dreams, Small Steps helps leaders move from vision to execution

29:02 – Why small steps create lasting growth and momentum

32:15 – How a leader’s mindset determines whether an organization is ready to scale

35:05 – Why vision must be communicated repeatedly before people truly catch it

37:00 – How clarity helps leaders reduce chaos and confusion

39:02 – Using DISC personality styles to communicate in the language each team member understands

42:12 – Why systems create consistency, time, money, and opportunity

45:12 – How to measure leadership effectiveness beyond financial metrics

47:18 – The first small step entrepreneurs should take when they do not know where to begin

49:02 – Why Nick wants to learn something new and add value to someone every day

50:31 – Why balance is a myth and leaders need to be fully present where they are

51:48 – How solution-based thinking helps leaders move beyond either-or answers

Nick Edwards is the co-founder of 410 Consulting Group and 410 Studios, founder of Impact 320, certified executive coach, leadership trainer, speaker, and author of Big Dreams, Small Steps. Through My Leadership Coach, he helps leaders clarify vision, strengthen communication, overcome obstacles, and achieve greater results in life, leadership, and business.

Nick’s message is clear: leadership that scales begins with clarity, consistency, integrity, and the willingness to grow first as a person. When leaders know where they are going, communicate the vision often, build systems, and invest in people, they create organizations that can grow beyond one person’s effort.

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