How To Refine Your Thinking With Tremain Davis

What is the value of learning, and do we ever stop? In this episode, guest Tremain Davis of Davis and Davis Investments and Management joins us to talk about shifting his mindset through constant learning. He joins Gary Schoeniger to share how he did not have an easy start in life. Raised by a single mom in an underserved community, the only entrepreneurs he knew were illegal ones. Yet, from an early age, he knew he wanted more. Tremain shares how building an underground candy operation as a kid inspired him to pursue entrepreneurship on a higher level, constantly refining his strategies and building on his knowledge. They also discuss transforming yourself into a powerful optimist, maximizing current technology for nonstop learning, and managing security risks when aiming for bigger life goals.

Spots Available in Ice House Course Offering

Are you or someone you know 18 or older, a novice business owner or interested in starting a business? Two amazing facilitators, Bert Robinson & Micaiah Jones, will be leading a virtual, five-week course using Ice House throughout the month of January. This course will not only begin illuminating aspects of your mindset that may be holding you back from your highest potential, but it also will equip you with the tools to level up your mindset for years to come.

Adding to the Startup ‘Knighthood’ in Florida

As each new cohort enters the Self-Employment Workshop Program in Tampa, Florida, facilitator Carol Minor sets the tone by knighting the participants as finishers. 

“You can’t do anything halfway,” she tells the group with her trademark spunk. “You can shift and pivot, but you can’t start something and not see it through.” 

Minor starts on an upbeat note, but she’s a realist. She knows not everyone will finish the first eight sessions, where she draws the content from the Ice House curriculum. Let alone will they finish the full 39-hour program with a full slate of assignments in topics like marketing, bookkeeping, financing, credit, and business planning, plus a final presentation. Still, she urges them to prioritize their business startups. So, for example, she requires attendance as a way to “show them the ups and downs and the sacrifices they’ll need to make,” she explained. 

Minor directs the Florida SBDC at Hillsborough County, which provides no-cost consulting and professional training to entrepreneurs and small business startups. It’s located at the Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, established by the Hillsborough County Economic Development Department in 2014 to provide one-stop access to business services providers, resources, mentorship, and specialty training.