A solid bedrock is key. So is staying laser focused on building your innovation. Cobbling together your foundation will only rob you of precious time, and can lead to costly mistakes. We have a fixx for that.

We’re helping founders and entrepreneurs achieve success with their startups and early stage projects. As founder and co-founder of several startups in retail, finance and Web3, I have a deep understanding of the challenges and risks.

Please read "My Story" below to understand the inspiration behind Fixx.

Genetics
‍“Studies show that 35 to 50 percent of an individual’s propensity to start a business is genetic. You have a genetic predisposition for spotting new business opportunities.” - Harvey Castro 

It’s safe to say I have the gene. My ancestry is not well documented but I do know that my grandfather owned a fancy tailoring shop in Waseca, MN specializing in custom mens suit altering. My father Don founded his electrical contracting company, Minnesota Electric in the mid sixties at an early age of 35 (early standards by that era). He needed a home for his new business, so he and his two partners restored The Old Milk Factory, a historic landmark located in Anoka, MN.

The Milk Factory was a perfect spot for my mother Sue to start up a new residential lighting studio, appropriately named "The Light Factory". I was her first employee at age 12.
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Passion
‍“One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you.” - Jeff Bezos

After graduating high school, I was handed the keys to run the family business. Rather than following the traditional college education path, mom supported my growth by providing tuition allowances to polish my skills. I attended business courses like Dale Carnegie and Zig Zigler, while spending countless hours listening to her cassette libraries and reading books on entrepreneurs and their secrets to success.

I soon realized that residential lighting was not my passion. I always loved music and technology, spending all my discretionary income on my home and car stereos, proudly earning the moniker, “music man” in high school. It was clear that consumer electronics was to be my next chapter.

I took a sales job at Best Buy, which had just incorporated from a family-owned, local chainstore named Sound Of Music. Our Founder, Richard Schulze set us on a course to become a national power in the electronics industry. Under the “Best Buy Superstore” marquee, Big Box retail was born as....read more