John Mark "JM" Eberhardt

Writing about Financial risk mitigation, entrepreneurship, wealth building, estate planning, retirement planning, debt elimination and faith. I appreciate this platform speaks specifically to underserved communities. Financial literacy is lacking, but finance isn't difficult. Disenfranchised populations are kept away from financial literacy for purposes of control by an establishment. I was the CEO & Founder of two tech startups. I was recognized as one of the top ten startups in Tennessee by Governor Haslam in 2013; yet, it was nearly impossible to raise a credible round of funding for a platform I scaled across 47 states and 6 countries in less than twelve months. In my second tech startup, I secured city-wide contracts with Nashville and Dallas for my patented technology, and again, I struggled to raise $1 million for city-wide technical infrastructures. Our lead investor admitted, in disgust, that though he invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into our technology,