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Built a Business. Lost His Daughter. Then He Made It | Jason Shipley on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 90q
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- Jun 22, 2026
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Jason Shipley started his first business with ten thousand dollars split across two credit cards, a triple net lease on an old pizza building in Hutchinson Kansas and no idea what he was doing. What he did have was an absolute will to win and a promise he made to his first employer — that in five years he would know more about the business than anyone. He kept that promise.Today Jason is the CEO of Midwest Custom Engineering, building custom industrial equipment for the bioeconomy, biomass and material processing industries across the country. He also runs a portfolio of companies and investments across real estate, debt notes and equities. He built all of it from nothing, taught himself plumbing and electrical along the way and never stopped learning.But the most important part of this episode has nothing to do with business. Jason shares the most devastating moment of his life and how he found his way through it one empowering decision at a time. This conversation will stay with you.This Episode Explores:✅ Starting a smoke shop on an Indian reservation with $10K on credit cards and no income✅ Cold calling a commercial real estate CEO on a Saturday and negotiating a triple net lease as a broke kid✅ Teaching himself plumbing, electrical and real estate from a $4,000 starting point✅ Promising his first employer he would know more than him in five years and delivering on it✅ Building Midwest Custom Engineering into a leading American manufacturing company✅ Investing across real estate, debt notes, equities and blockchain assets✅ The moment that tested everything he believed about God, life and resilience✅ How gratitude became the tool that pulled him out of the deepest despair of his life✅ Why everybody is going to go through something and how you find your way out🔗 Conn…