Gary Smith, MBA - Founder
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Helping mid-career professionals turn your expertise into income, so you can work for yourself.
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Figuring Out If You Could Work for Yourself is Hard—But You Don’t Have to Do it Alone.
I sat at my kitchen table in February 2019 staring at my laptop. I had just left a high-paying management job at Mercedes-Benz. I had this "brilliant" idea but hadn't worked out all the details. Google wasn't helping. Every article contradicted the last one. Everyone else seemed to have it all figured out. The truth is they didn't.
But I felt alone. Like I was the only one asking: Could I actually do this? That's what nobody talks about when you're considering working for yourself. How isolating it feels. How many questions pile up with no answers. What would I even sell? Would anyone pay me? How do I get clients without a big company name behind me? I eventually figured it out. But it took way longer than it should have.
I made every mistake you can make. I wasted money on stuff that didn't matter. I spent months building something nobody wanted. But I also learned what actually works. Not theory. Not what some guru says. What REALLY works when you're turning your expertise into something people will pay for.
Now I help mid-career professionals skip the wasted years. The part where you wonder if you could even do it. Whether you're still employed but worried about your job, or you've already started out on your own and you're stuck, I can probably help. Together we'll figure out if you can work for yourself—and exactly how to do it successfully.
Me and my son back in February 2019
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Gary Smith, MBA
Business Coach | Founder | Business Professor
From 2011 to 2019 I ran sales teams for Mercedes-Benz. I spent my days convincing people who could afford a $90,000 car that they needed the $120,000 version instead. I was good at it. I made decent money, and who doesn't like fast cars? But I didn't own the company.
So I quit and started my own business. Then another one. Then another one. Some worked. Some didn't. I lost money. I learned a LOT about what actually works when you're turning professional expertise into income without a massive marketing budget or a team of 50 people.
When COVID hit I spent part of my time teaching entrepreneurial strategy as a business professor at the university level. Which was cool... except I kept seeing my students make the same mistakes I made when I first started out. They'd over complicate things and get stuck in analysis paralysis until I showed them how to avoid those mistakes and focus on what actually moves the needle.
Now I help mid-career professionals figure out if they could work for themselves—and exactly how to do it. I've built businesses from scratch. I've helped professionals turn their corporate expertise into profitable services. If you're wondering whether you could actually make it on your own, I can probably help.
I focus on clear, actionable strategies. No fluff. No theory. Just stuff that actually works. Because honestly... Turning your expertise into income doesn't have to be as complicated as most people make it.
How To Start
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Take the Expertise to Income™ assessment to find out if you could actually work for yourself. Answer questions across six key areas and get your personalized score instantly—revealing your strengths, any gaps, and what you need to do next.
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Your results will show you exactly where you stand across six essential areas: your expertise, market demand, signature offer, income potential, client acquisition, and readiness. Each category gets scored so you can see what's working, what's missing, and where to focus first.
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After the assessment, you can book the Expertise to Income Accelerator™—two one-on-one working sessions where we design your services, determine your pricing, and show you how to get clients. You'll walk away with a clear plan to turn your expertise into real income.