Rick West
CEO | Field Agent
Rick is an experienced CEO and co-founder of multiple start-ups (currently CEO of Field Agent) with emphasis in technology, innovation and CPG. Rick worked for Procter and Gamble for seventeen years in the United States, Hong Kong and Thailand. He has been an Entrepreneur for over seventeen years in the U.S. and is currently serving as President of the MMRA (Mobile Marking Research Association) and serves as a Board Member for Apptegy. He is also an investor and member of JOYN, LLC (www.joynbags.com) a triple bottom line company.
Rick is the husband of one, father of 3, Grandaddy to one (soon to be two) and a friend to many. Rick and his wife Kim live in Fayetteville Arkansas and they attend Harvest Bible Chapel where Rick is currently serving as an Elder. They both attended the University of Kentucky and are college Basketball fans and bleed UK Blue #BBN
Life Quote: “Don’t live in the world of maybe, let your yes be yes and your no be no.”
Leadership Verse: Stay within your rails - head North and do not look to the left and right (2 Kings 22:2)
LINKS
October Sky - leaving Appalachia (app-a-latch-cha) : https://bluezoocreative.com/backstory-boon-october-sky-an-intervie-rick-west/
Arkansas Life - who we are at Field Agent: http://arkansaslife.com/rick-west/
Why Fayetteville - you should visit us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G4kFHxiwtk
Man Wipes - Launching a product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu6j9gIEb6E
Twitter: @rickwest01
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwest01
Website: www.fieldagent.net
“I was in search of my Calling (upper case “C”), my purpose and I was not getting any younger. I had narrowed things down to two possibilities. I could go into vocational ministry (working for my home church in the states) or join a good friend of mine and start a business.” In this post, Rick West shares his journey to discovering his own calling and gives advice to budding entrepreneurs and Christians alike, to “skip the pros/cons list. Jump right to prayer, spend time with your spouse and find someone with some gray hair to impart truth into your life…”