Engineer, Ironman, & Entrepreneur… My Passion Is Helping Founders Launch, Grow, & Thrive
Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Builder, Mentor, Speaker, & Basketball Coach


Abundance Mindset
How Can We Work Together?
My goal is to help you find what I discovered after exiting my first venture – an Abundance Mindset
First, if you’re an INVESTOR and you want to invest alongside me and our team to make both a financial and community impact, then click Infinite Impact and let’s talk about the investment opportunities.
Next, if you’re a Founder, Entrepreneur, or Business Owner running a business and want to be considered for our BSV LAUNCH program, click here.
Welcome to Andy’s Learning Center

Mar 17 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Be Where You Are Needed Most

Mar 17 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Be Where You Are Needed Most
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Mar 16 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Your Mindset Will Determine Your Success
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Mar 15 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Why Do You Do What You Do?
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Mar 14 , 2023 | Andy Smith
You Are Whatever You Believe You Are
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Mar 13 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Venture Building: Making Certainty Out of Uncertainty
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Mar 12 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Every Successful Business Started With A Dream
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Mar 11 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Entrepreneurship is a Team Sport: Find Your Tribe
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Mar 10 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Money Is Not Always The Answer
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Mar 09 , 2023 | Andy Smith
The Importance of Having a Clear Vision in Your Venture
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Mar 08 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Identifying The Right Target Customers Will Kick-start Your Early-Stage Startup
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Mar 07 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Proper Delegation: One Key To Scaling Your Business
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Mar 06 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Money Is Not All You Need To Start Your Venture
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Mar 05 , 2023 | Andy Smith
How Do You Keep Your Work-life Balance?
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Mar 03 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Are You Looking For Something Or Someone To Help Your Business Grow?
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Mar 02 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Natural Disasters Expo USA: Day 2 Update
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Mar 01 , 2023 | Andy Smith
What Important Factors Do You Keep Your Focus On?
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Feb 28 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Are You Planning to Invest In Early-Stage Startups?
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Feb 27 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Investing in Early-stage Startups is Fun
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Feb 25 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Why Is It So Hard To Invest In Early Stage Startups?
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Feb 24 , 2023 | Andy Smith
The Power Of Excellent Customer Service To Your Business Growth
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Feb 22 , 2023 | Andy Smith
How Do We Make Investing Less Boring?ย - Enter the Early Stage Venture
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Feb 21 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Forging Success: How Starting a Business is Like Being a BlackSmith
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Feb 20 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Are You Controlling Your Calendar Or Is It The Other Way Around?
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Feb 19 , 2023 | Andy Smith
A Final Update on My Daughter's LLS Campaign
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Feb 18 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Do You Have the Right People in Your Tribe?
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Feb 17 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Social Media: A Real Game-Changer
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Feb 16 , 2023 | Andy Smith
What is the BSV Launch Program?
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Feb 15 , 2023 | Andy Smith
How Do You Market Your Business?
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Feb 14 , 2023 | Andy Smith
How Do You Keep Your Focus?
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Feb 13 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Overcoming the Biggest Obstacles to Business Success
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Feb 11 , 2023 | Andy Smith
How Much Should a Founder Pay for Mentorship or Coaching?
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Feb 10 , 2023 | Andy Smith
What Is Acceleration Capital?
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Feb 09 , 2023 | Andy Smith
My 2023 CADREcon Experience
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Feb 08 , 2023 | Andy Smith
My Daughter's Journey of Raising Money for LLS
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Feb 07 , 2023 | Andy Smith
How To Level Up Your Entrepreneurial Game
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Feb 06 , 2023 | Andy Smith
How To Get Your Business To Momentum Phase
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Feb 03 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Adapting To The Speed of Change
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Feb 02 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Do You Consider Your Venture A Media Company?
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Feb 01 , 2023 | Andy Smith
3 Keys To Entrepreneurial Success
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Jan 31 , 2023 | Andy Smith
How Did We Raise Early Capital?
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Jan 30 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Finding the Right Tool Will Help You Launch
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Jan 29 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Remember Legos? Let's Compare it to Venture Building
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Jan 27 , 2023 | Andy Smith
What Drives You?
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Jan 26 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Wanna make a Big Impact?
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Jan 25 , 2023 | Andy Smith
One Common Struggle Among Startups
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Jan 24 , 2023 | Andy Smith
How do you find relevance?
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Jan 23 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Do You Have a Business Playbook?
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Jan 21 , 2023 | Andy Smith
Have You Taken Your Eye Off the Ball?
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Jun 01 , 2022 | Andy Smith
How to Choose the Right Steel for Your Storm Shelter
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May 30 , 2022 | Andy Smith
The True Meaning of Memorial Day
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Blacksmithing Today: How Innovation is Forging a New Future
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May 24 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Community Storm Shelters: How They're Saving Lives at Work
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May 20 , 2022 | Andy Smith
How to know if you're ready to take your product to market?
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May 19 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Where does the term 'Blacksmith on the corner' originate?
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May 18 , 2022 | Andy Smith
10 Ways Stress Affects You (And What to Do About It)
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May 17 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Rising Tornado Activity Prompts Homeowners to Invest in Safe Room
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May 16 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Venturing into the Blacksmith's World: How BlackSmith is Back
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May 15 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Surround Yourself With The Right People: Especially Entrepreneurs
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May 14 , 2022 | Andy Smith
The Origins of Entrepreneurship: How Blacksmiths Forged the Way
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Feb 25 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Safety, Security, and Confidence... RemainSafe
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Feb 07 , 2022 | Andy Smith
My Kids Found Out I'm Cool - At Least I Thought...
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Feb 06 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Life is about balance, Entrepreneurship is about cash flow...
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Feb 01 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Are You Focused On What Matters
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Jan 30 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Alabama Offering Storm Shelter Tax Credits in 2022
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Jan 30 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Do You Have the Right Team Supporting Your Startup?
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Jan 21 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Chattanooga is Entrepreneurship, Today was for Entrepreneurs
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Jan 18 , 2022 | Andy Smith
How do you ensure your truck doesn't leave your site overweight?
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Jan 17 , 2022 | Andy Smith
The Highlight of My Career
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Jan 16 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Do Relationships Matter in business?
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Jan 16 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Can We Really Construct Buildings From Air?
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Jan 13 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks
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Jan 11 , 2022 | Andy Smith
"Now What" Jam Session #2
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Jan 09 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Helping Real People Solve Real Problems is Why We Wake Up
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Jan 08 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Creating a Revolution of "Blue Collar" Entrepreneurs...wanna join
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Jan 07 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Molded and Forged to Make an Infinite Impact on Others
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Jan 07 , 2022 | Andy Smith
HUGE NEWS: Alabama Announces Storm Shelter Tax Credit
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Jan 05 , 2022 | Andy Smith
"Facing Fear" by Kevin Belz
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Jan 04 , 2022 | Andy Smith
In Times of Uncertainty, Triple Down on Confidence
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Jan 02 , 2022 | Andy Smith
Is the Uncertainty Crushing You?
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Dec 31 , 2021 | Andy Smith
RemainSafe's FEMA Compliant Storm Shelters Being Delivered
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Dec 30 , 2021 | Andy Smith
Storm Shelters Save Lives
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Dec 28 , 2021 | Andy Smith
Why is Social Media So Hard, ugh?
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Dec 26 , 2021 | Andy Smith
Does Open Minded Leadership Work?
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Dec 23 , 2021 | Andy Smith
Today, I chose my word of the year for 2022
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Dec 17 , 2021 | Andy Smith
Why did I wait so long to learn this?
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Dec 14 , 2021 | Andy Smith
The Mindset around working together to grow, scale, and thrive
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Dec 12 , 2021 | Andy Smith
How to Find Creativity
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Dec 11 , 2021 | Andy Smith
Deadly Tornado Rips through Kentucky and the South
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Dec 10 , 2021 | Andy Smith
Linkedin Doesn't Work - Now What?
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Dec 09 , 2021 | Andy Smith
The life of a 2X Entrepreneur and Founder - Andy Smith
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Dec 09 , 2021 | Andy Smith
Find Your Superpower Entrepreneur
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Dec 09 , 2021 | Andy Smith