{"id":285,"date":"2016-12-17T07:24:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T00:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ventureitnow.com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2016-12-17T11:39:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T04:39:37","slug":"ep-6-shawn-van-dyke-be-happy-be-persistent-be-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventureitnow.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/17\/ep-6-shawn-van-dyke-be-happy-be-persistent-be-creative\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep.6 Shawn Van Dyke &#8211; Be Happy. Be Persistent. Be Creative."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"clammr-player\" data-title=\"Ep.6 Shawn Van Dyke &#8211; Be Happy. Be Persistent. Be Creative.\" data-imageUrl=\"\"><audio id=\"audio-285-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%; visibility: hidden;\" src=\"http:\/\/ventureitnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Shawn-Van-Dyke-12_16_16-12.01-AM.m4a\"><\/audio><\/div><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ventureitnow.com\/?page_id=282&amp;preview=true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-283 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ventureitnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/VanDykeFamily-91-1-e1481862867685-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ventureitnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/VanDykeFamily-91-1-e1481862867685.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ventureitnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/VanDykeFamily-91-1-e1481862867685.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ventureitnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/VanDykeFamily-91-1-e1481862867685.jpg?resize=210%2C210&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ventureitnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/VanDykeFamily-91-1-e1481862867685.jpg?w=378&amp;ssl=1 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><strong>Shawn Van Dyke<\/strong> is a construction industry consultant, business coach, and mentor.\u00a0 He is the author of The Paperwork Punch List: 28 Days to Streamline Your Construction Business, speaker, and Brand Ambassador for FineHomebuilding.com.\u00a0 He created the SKILLED TRADE | SOUND BUSINESS project.\u00a0 That on-going research project helps construction and skilled trade business owners identify the issues and challenges they face in growing and scaling their construction businesses.\u00a0 Before he started his coaching and consulting business, Shawn owned a real estate development consulting company, a general contracting business, and also was the Chief Operations officer for a specialty construction business.\u00a0 He is happily married to his wife Katie and enjoys life living with her and their 5 children in Knoxville, TN. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ventureitnow.com\/?page_id=282&amp;preview=true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Van Dyke is a construction industry consultant, business coach, and mentor.\u00a0 He is the author of The Paperwork Punch List: 28 Days to Streamline Your Construction Business, speaker, and Brand Ambassador for FineHomebuilding.com.\u00a0 He created the SKILLED TRADE | SOUND BUSINESS project.\u00a0 That on-going research project helps construction and skilled trade business owners identify [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Mind blowing lessons from Shawn Van Dyke.  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