The Team

Will was born in Miami, Florida and moved to Georgia when he was 5 years old. Apartment hopping with his Mom and 2 brothers every year until the age of 16 and seeing his family and friends work 24/7 just to pay bills, he quickly realized that he needed to figure out a way to make money.

After being paid bullshit hourly wages and being fired from over 10 jobs he came to the conclusion he could not work for anybody and would need to find a way to make money without trading time for it to be able to provide for his loved ones while still living the lifestyle he desired. 

     

At age 18, he began to sell shoes and flip phones on eBay making a couple hundred dollars his first month. In May 2017, he graduated from high school and his family moved to Ohio for a lower cost of living. That same year he enrolled into a local community college and was put on academic probation within a couple months. He dropped out, got a full-time job at LA Fitness, started selling phones again and began his research on making money online. 

 

Several months, dollars, and courses later he built his first online drop shipping business and it was an absolute failure. Worried, stressed and pissed he started to go to networking events to meet other like-minded people entrepreneurs. There he met his mentor and now business partner Drew Evans and the rest is history. 

After meeting Drew, someone who was already killing it with drop shipping, he was motivated to try the business again. After 3 more failed stores he finally created a successful drop shipping store that opened his eyes to the endless amount of possibilities in the e-commerce industry.

   

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Khalil Hayes, 23

Ecom Degree Coach

Early Childhood

Khalil was born in Norcross, Georgia. Raised by his mom until the age of six, they went through many struggles; From renting out rooms in their own home and nights without water or heat, it was rough. He was raised though, by a strong woman that never gave up. She started her own entrepreneurial journey and set a path for Khalil to be able to start his own journey.

Entrepreneur Background

At the age of 12 he started his first small business, “Khalil’s Odd Jobs”, doing whatever he could from lawn work, to dog sitting, and even painting, charging his own prices and negotiating with adults as a kid. From their he moved on to actually working a regular job and getting familiar with the workforce. As young as he was, he was super ambitious and started off as a busser, while still in school. After graduating at 16, he decided to work there until he could figure out what his next move was. His mom and stepdad never pushed college on him, so he raised quickly through the ranks in the restaurant and cleared nearly every position, besides manager. He started an online eBay business and ran a successful store for someone of the age of 16/17 in 2012.  He even did music for a short time with a group that managed to make 6 figure views on YouTube. Yet, feeling as if it all wasn’t enough and wanted to pursue music further, he decided to give college a try.  

College

He decided on going to Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL. As cool as the school was, it was still school for him. Going to class, being taught and regurgitating the information for test, was literally driving him insane. School killed the passion for music that he had and eventually he dropped out. He started making money any way that he could and eventually stumbled into a MLM company. After spending two years with that company, he decided to live off his business in Florida and ended up helping some people that didn’t end well in his favor. A few hard lessons later he moved back home. Stuck in a loop, he decided to work back at his first job and absolutely hated it. He started reaching out to a couple of friends, started his own dance channel and networking with the successful individuals he did know.  

Ecom Degree Story

After going to a Mastermind meet up Khalil was connected with Will. They both connected with each other and realized the hunger each one had. Khalil joined E-Com Degree University in October of 2018 and hasn’t looked back since. He’s not only used the knowledge he gained from the course for himself, he’s helped many other students in the course become successful as well. He’s consistently there to answer any and all questions and hop on calls to assist even the newest students. He’s a strong believer in helping others and his hunger for success has helped him rise up and be noticed by many students in the program. He’s now a valuable asset to the team and working along side the founders of E-com Degree to make it the best course anyone could be apart of. You can always find Khalil helping students inside the Ecom Degree private group daily.