The Success of Steve Thompson At Ambit Energy: Day One

Steven | 05.05.08 |

Ordinary Man – Extraordinary Results: Steve Thompson

“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” or at least that is how I believe the sentence goes… however, every once in a while, you find that something or someone who surprises you. Steve Thompson just may be that surprise.

At 53 years old this entrepreneur is re-inventing himself; for his current life and the one to follow over the next 15 years. This man has a history of recognizing opportunities, and has made the most of each.

In Michael E. Gerber’s best seller ‘Awakening the Entrepreneur Within’ the author explains How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies. This became important to us, as we try to understand what keeps Steve Thompson motivated, and why he continues to push so hard?

In Mr. Gerber’s book we read about the age of the ‘new entrepreneur’. How in today’s world we must reach further than simply to do something meaningful or deliver a good product… we must reach much, much deeper than simply creating more choices, or lower prices, or faster delivery. How in this age of the entrepreneur, we must kick butt in ways no one ever thought possible. Does this relate to Steve Thompson and his Ambit Energy business? The answers will be found as we understand where he came from, where he is going and why he must get there.

Steve spent his formative years in a small East Texas town, where hard work and hard times were the way of life. Steve finished high school in Houston, pushed hard and graduated early from college at age 20. He began selling for many national sales companies trying to better himself and his family in an effort to make a living. Bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, and loving the sound of his own name he opened Steve Thompson Insurance agency in 1979.

During those early and formative years of his insurance company, although there were monetary concerns, Steve had an overwhelming desire to serve those around him as well as grow personally and professionally. These personal needs were fulfilled through added opportunities to serve as a Volunteer EMT, Assistant Fire Chief and EMS Coordinator.

Although these opportunities to serve and grow helped Steve fulfill his inner aspirations, his financial life grew as well. In 1982 Steve recognized his need for further financial security and became a Texas Real Estate Broker and in 1984 a Distributor with Herbalife. The big difference as Thompson puts it… “I was willing to do whatever was necessary, and I still am!”

Understanding the benefit and opportunity with the Home Based business model, especially as it related to Network Marketing or Multi-level Marketing, Steve worked hard to make the most of his Herbalife business. Steve realized there were emerging opportunities in the industry, where entire new market segments were developed. In 1996 Steve became a representative with Excel Communications, a Teleservices company that sold long distance.

Thompson became a very successful ‘Senior Director’ distributor/representative with Excel, and earned several hundred thousand dollars with Excel, when he was offered the position of Founding Distributor of NuVante, Nutrition for the Skin in 2003 and helped to launch that company. This was the first intimate experience with a ‘Start-Up’ company in the MLM industry, which later proved to be a very significant and valuable education.

Continuing tomorrow Steve tells how skin care lead to travel and ultimately to Ambit…

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