This article was originally published in thriveglobal.com by Jerome Knyszewski on 7/10/21.
As part of my series about the “How To Take Your Company From Good To Great”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Isaac Mashman.
Isaac Mashman is a business owner, podcast host, and public speaker. Coming from a lower-middle-class family in Jacksonville, Florida, growing up Isaac saw firsthand how the lack of money could influence one’s life. During his senior year of high school, he turned away from the idea of going to college like he had been planning for his entire educational career, instead falling into business.
Since graduating Isaac has dipped his toes into over half a dozen business ventures, including multiple network marketing companies, artist management, a record label, drop-shipping, and an apparel line. It was in early 2020 he finally understood he had a passion for personal branding and had seen some success with his own up to that point. On April 17th, 2020 Isaac launched his public relations firm Mashman Ventures. This company takes an untraditional approach to PR and emphasizes the importance of building one’s personal brand.
As of the time of publication, he has a team of over a dozen people and is 60 episodes into his podcast Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman.
Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Before we dive in, our readers would love to “get to know you” a bit better. Can you tell us a bit about your ‘backstory’ and how you got started?
Absolutely! Thank you again for this opportunity. I come from a lower-middle-class family in Jacksonville, Florida. Growing up, my grandfather worked at a cabinet shop, my grandmother a stay-at-home wife, and my mom worked at fast-food restaurants taking obnoxious shifts. Although she is a brilliant lady with a college degree, she had to struggle taking care of me as a single mom.