Up Close & Personal with James Bird Guess, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur

James "Bird" Guess was once homeless after high school, yet he personally financed his way through college and graduated with hopes of climbing the corporate ladder and becoming a rich executive. Only working a year in "Corporate America," James’ ambition and goals outgrew his corporate career plan and he decided to risk everything to go after wealth, success, and the "American Dream."

Starting with only $1,000 saved from college, poor credit and a dream to become a Millionaire, James single-handedly built a quarter million dollar enterprise selling products from the trunk of his car.

He learned priceless lessons on leadership from some of the world’s most successful business & political leaders including Billionaire Businessmen, Chief Executive Officers of Fortune 500 corporations & Prominent State & National Politicians, that has enhanced his philosophy on achieving individual.

James is the President & Founder of The JBG International Success Academy, a personal & organizational development company specializing in the training and development of working professionals, entrepreneurs, students, & organizations to go from where they are to where they want to be.

A world-renown speaker and trainer on Change, Leadership, and Financial Empowerment & the founder of TheBlackEconomy.com, an on-line financial education magazine created to entertain, educate, and empower Black Americans. Best selling author, How I Made A Quarter Million Dollar$ From the Trunk of My Car.

In 2009, the Texas Legislative Black Caucus honored James as one of the “African American Leaders Under 40 Across Texas.” He has countless articles on performance, leadership, money and wealth published in the Dallas Morning News, national magazines, prominent blogs and websites worldwide. As an entrepreneur & motivational speaker, James believes that ambition, vision, strategy and perseverance are the basic ingredients to achieving greatness.