Impact Magazine Issue One 2017

WP Managed
Secure
Serial entrepreneur, early adopter,
marketing whiz
user-friendly ways to do so. Needless to say, when the
association members learned that Jack had acquired
this skill, he became a very busy guy.
His current business venture, WP Managed Secure,
offers premium WordPress management/optimization
web hosting and state-of-the-art website security. His
service is built to help address the many challenges
entrepreneurs face that can derail their success. As he
puts it, websites done right can empower entrepreneurs
with the ability to leverage their business efforts.
Helping people share their messages and gifts with the
world is what excites him most about his work.
An additional foresight Jack had, which has since
enabled him to greatly increase the efficiency and
growth of his own business, was the implementation
of virtual teams. At the time, this form of collaboration
was still viewed with skepticism, but he says he has
had nothing but success with his virtual partnerships.
His current team consists of both domestic and
international team members, allowing him to offer
high-touch service 24 hours a day for every customer.
Next Steps
Ever curious about innovative tools that can help people
gain advantages in the marketplace, Jack’s most recent
undertaking is in the world of podcasting. He says that
once he became a member at Impact Hub, he saw a
great opportunity for podcasting in its community. He’s
now gearing up to start the official Impact Hub podcast
series, envisioning a weekly podcast highlighting
member stories and topics relevant to the community.
“Podcasts are an excellent content creation tool that
can help people grow their businesses,” he explains.
To demonstrate his earnestness, he’s furnished all the
equipment for the Audio Studio at the Impact Hub,
which is available to members and non-members alike
for rent.
Born with entrepreneurship in his very DNA, Jack
Voorheis is the kind of guy who’s always forward-facing
and excited to embrace whatever the future brings.
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As a fifth-generation entrepreneur, Jack Voorheis knows the highs and the lows that
the entrepreneurial rollercoaster can, and usually does, take a person through. An
early adopter and a risk taker, he’s risen to the top, fallen to the bottom, and gone
right back up again over the course of his career. Now a seasoned entrepreneur, he
understands that the ups and downs are all part of the process.
Jack learned early that being someone’s employee wasn’t for him. He had his first taste
of entrepreneurialism while still in high school, and by the age of 20, had started a signmaking
business in his hometown in Michigan.
After a successful decade in the industry, Jack sold his thriving sign company and took a
leap into uncharted territory. Back before most people had ever even spoken on a cell
phone and despite discouragement from friends and family, Jack got into the wireless
communications industry. Why, they asked him, would I ever want to carry a telephone
around with me all the time? But Jack’s instincts told him that cell phones would take
off and eventually become mainstream. Indeed, Jack went on to become one of the top
marketers in the industry.
Champion for WordPress
While still living in Michigan in 2005, Jack served as president of the Michigan Home-
Based Business Association. At the time, many of the members were in need of websites
for their small businesses, but website building required tedious technical coding.
Observing the growing need, and always ahead of the curve, Jack taught himself how to
build WordPress websites. His intuition again told him that WordPress was going to be
the future platform for website building, and so he committed himself to finding the most
His service is built to
help address the many
challenges entrepreneurs
face that can derail their
success.
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