YEP — Young Entrepreneur Project
Young Entrepreneur Project · YEP Champions
Global Director — Business Development
AI Digital Marketing • Travel & Lifestyle • Wellness
YEP Champions
Digital Marketing · Phase V · 2021 – 2023

YEP Champions

Global Director — Business Development · Young Entrepreneur Project, USA

When the Young Entrepreneur Project (YEP) was formed in the USA in late 2020, it brought together three things I had already spent years teaching: AI-powered digital marketing, wholesale travel and wellness. I joined as Global Director for Business Development and built our team, YEP Champions, around live online seminars that reached nine countries every week.

CompanyYoung Entrepreneur Project, Inc. (YEP, Inc.)
RegisteredWyoming, USA · 29 October 2020
Head officeLeawood, Kansas, USA
My roleGlobal Director — Business Development
Team launchSaturday, 20 February 2021
PeriodDecember 2020 – February 2023
YEP Champions System Training flyer — every Saturday, presented by Champions Virtual Group
Weekly System Training flyer, 2021 — one session, nine countries
The Story

From RèNao to YEP

YEP Champions grew out of RèNao Global, and RèNao was my baby. Its owner, Mr. Raymond Medeiros, was in Las Vegas; its director, Mr. Mel Gill, was in California; and Christina Perry supported us as a consultant, joining on Zoom from time to time. The business itself was built and launched from Dubai. I selected and evaluated both products — the Nowsite AI digital marketing system and a travel package — created the presentations, and designed the compensation plan and its percentages, which were set up in the back office. I was distributor ID 001. Within two months of the Dubai launch thousands of people had joined, and when the COVID lockdowns came we moved the whole business onto Zoom. Within months RèNao had members in 77 countries.

In December 2020 the same baby moved to a new home. Raymond, who had become my closest friend, introduced us to a good friend of his: the owner of YEP. Christina joined as well.

YEP was working on something else at the time. I brought in the AI marketing and travel packages, and we built a new back office. I also suggested the name of my own training group, Champions. The YEP owner loved it, and that is how YEP Champions was born in December 2020, with me as Global Director — Business Development (also titled Chief Lead Marketer and Global Lead Marketer). I led the technical move: I developed the software, rebuilt the genealogy, transferred the database and brought our members across to YEP. Many of our leaders from the 77 countries came with us. That is also why YEP's first presentations still carried RèNao's 3-Click Marketing slides. I created the YEP Champions branding and our own 77-slide presentation, “AUM YEP Champions”.

YEP Champions was launched live on Zoom on Saturday, 20 February 2021. On the same day I signed a formal consultant agreement with the company. From then on, weekly online seminars and a Saturday system training took the message to members in the Gulf, South Asia, South-East Asia, Africa, Europe and the USA.

The company behind YEP Champions

  • Young Entrepreneur Project, Inc. — profit corporation, Wyoming, USA, first filed 29 October 2020
  • Renamed YEP, Inc. by amendment (adopted 12 February 2021, filed 1 March 2021)
  • Head office: Leawood, Kansas, USA
  • CEO and co-founder Jimmy Ezzell, also founder and CEO of TripValet
  • Three business segments: technology (AI digital marketing), travel & lifestyle, and wellness
  • Members were paid through an international payment gateway (PayQuicker)
  • From late 2021: partnership with DRIVEN, adding financial-markets education
What We Offered

Three industries, one membership

🤖

Digital Marketing powered by AI

An all-in-one, fully automated marketing system for small businesses and home-based entrepreneurs.

  • Websites and an automated blog
  • Social media and content marketing
  • Email newsletters, CRM and SEO
  • Online retargeting and analytics
  • AI campaigns through Nowsite AI
✈️

Travel & Lifestyle

A wholesale travel engine (TripValet) that gave members prices usually reserved for the travel trade.

  • Hotels, resorts, luxury homes and condominiums
  • Cruises, golf and car rental
  • 110% best-price guarantee on hotels and rentals
  • Hotel savings cards for friends and family
💧

Wellness

A hydration and wellness line from YEP's partner Wellness Labs L.L.C., which I presented to our team from March 2021.

  • Flux hydration bottle
  • Flux water filter
  • Vibe hydration tablets

How 3-Click Marketing worked

Click 1Every day the AI engine found popular articles and videos in your business category and shared them on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Click 2The same content was added to your website's automated blog, building your brand and your Google ranking.
Click 3It then went out as an email newsletter, and website visitors were tagged for online retargeting.
Timeline

The YEP years

29 October 2020

Young Entrepreneur Project, Inc. is registered

Filed as a domestic profit corporation in the State of Wyoming, USA.

November 2020

Studying the new company

I worked through YEP's pre-launch videos, company overview and October 2020 plan training.

December 2020

YEP Champions is formed

With Mr. Raymond Medeiros, President of RèNao Global, and the owner of YEP, I formed the YEP Champions group and became Global Director — Business Development. I developed the software, rebuilt the genealogy and moved the RèNao database and organisation to YEP, and I created the YEP Champions branding and the “AUM YEP Champions” presentation dated January 2021.

January 2021

Training plan and global schedule

A 32-topic training curriculum, and a presentation timetable that set one session time for each country we served.

Saturday, 20 February 2021 · 9:30 a.m. EST

YEP Champions Launch Event

Our team was launched live online. The same day, I signed a consultant agreement with YEP, Inc.

1 March 2021

The company becomes YEP, Inc.

The name change from Young Entrepreneur Project, Inc. was filed with the Wyoming Secretary of State.

March – April 2021

Pre-launch seminar series

Online seminars on 2 March, 5 March and 1 April 2021, a System Training every Saturday, and dedicated presentations on the company, the Flux wellness line and TripValet travel.

August 2021

LinkedIn for leaders

An online LinkedIn event, with LinkedIn automation tools to help leaders find prospects professionally.

2 – 5 September 2021

“We Are YEP — Time to Build”

YEP's international event at the World Center Marriott, Orlando, USA. I joined live from Dubai by Zoom, and my training was projected on the main screen for the audience in the hall.

December 2021 – January 2022

YEP × DRIVEN

After YEP's partnership with DRIVEN, I updated our presentations for 2022, including a Spanish-language version.

February 2023

Family comes first

In February 2023 my wife Priya came back from a trip to India with what looked like a simple skin rash. Within days it spread, she was admitted to hospital and taken straight into intensive care with a serious infection, and that is when we learned she had kidney failure. From that moment my attention went to her. I spent my days by her side and searching for treatments and alternative solutions, and I slowly moved away from YEP. I had been the one running its software and systems, so without me the YEP Champions organisation gradually faded. The CEO has invited me back many times since, but my place is with my family.

Training

What I taught the YEP Champions

The January 2021 curriculum had 32 topics. It started with mindset and ended with leadership, because in this business the person matters as much as the product.

Mindset

  • Law of attraction in daily life
  • “Empty your cup” — being teachable
  • Posture and edification
  • Handling rejection

Doing the business

  • Name list and dream list
  • Sorting prospects into a funnel
  • Invitation and presentation
  • Objections, closing and follow-up

Working as a team

  • Induction and the 48-hour action plan
  • Following the system
  • Guiding the downline, respecting the upline
  • Loyalty and investing in the team

Character

  • Ethics in network marketing
  • Coaching
  • “Learn, learn, learn — to earn”
  • “Shut up, listen and do”
Networker→Presenter→Leader→Mentor→Guru

One session, nine countries

Every flyer showed the same session in local time, so the whole team could join one live Zoom call.

🇦🇪 UAE🇮🇳 India🇳🇵 Nepal🇲🇾 Malaysia🇸🇬 Singapore🇵🇭 Philippines🇬🇭 Ghana🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇺🇸 USA
Company Leadership

The people behind YEP Champions

Raymond Medeiros, President of RèNao Global
Raymond MedeirosPresident, RèNao Global · Co-founder of YEP Champions

Raymond founded NewGate Internet in 1992, one of the first companies to market on the internet, and has served non-profit organisations as a volunteer and board member for decades. In 2012 he founded Business Cares, which matches non-profits with businesses on creative projects. He brought the RèNao family into YEP, and he has become my closest friend.

Jimmy EzzellChief Executive Officer

Co-founder of YEP and founder and CEO of TripValet, the travel engine behind YEP's travel membership.

Lorrell WinfieldChief Operating Officer

Previously Director of Operations at Aquila Energy and Verizon Communications (1999–2019).

Christina Speight PerryChief Sales Officer

Global entrepreneur, international trainer and success coach with over 18 years in direct sales. Before YEP she was Lead Marketer at RèNao Global, so she too came across with the RèNao family.

Gallery

Flyers and presentation slides

Flyers and slides created for the YEP Champions team in 2021. Click any image to enlarge it.

Records

Documents held on file

The dates on this page come from original documents in my archive. They are kept for verification and are not published, because they contain personal and commercial details.

  • Wyoming Secretary of State filing record — Young Entrepreneur Project, Inc. (filed 29 October 2020)
  • Articles of Amendment — name changed to YEP, Inc. (filed 1 March 2021)
  • Consultant agreement with YEP, Inc. — effective 20 February 2021
  • Mutual non-disclosure agreement with Wellness Labs L.L.C. and YEP — March 2021
  • Original presentations (January 2021, March 2021, January 2022), flyers and training material