This Organization Is A Non-profit Whose Aim is to Educate And Empower Our Community on Building Wealth.

Jumpstart Empire Academy

The mission of this organization is to educate and empower our community with real estate, investing and business knowledge through educational courses, programs & workshops.

About Us

Millions of Americans are struggling each day to pay the bills, start businesses, build wealth, and plan for retirement. Many lack the basic financial education they need to avoid pitfalls and leverage opportunities. To give them the resources and support they need to succeed, we created Jumpstart Empire Academy.


Financial Education Resources

Whether you need help managing your budget, paying off your debts, or planning for the future, Jumpstart Empire Academy provides you with the educational resources you need to thrive.

We empower you with the financial education you need to succeed.

Our Areas of Educational Focus:


Real Estate

Real Estate

Finance

Finance

Investment

Investment

Business

Business

Marketing

Marketing

Growth

Growth

Educational Blogs

We have curated content to help you understand and meet your financial objectives with the following educational blog articles and resources

View Our Blogs

Real Estate

Want to buy a home or invest in real estate? Learn how to navigate the world of mortgages so you can achieve your real estate goals.

Real Estate

Finance

Discover budgeting skills and techniques that can help you to manage your personal finances successfully.

Finance

Investment Strategies

Whether you want to invest in stocks, learn how to open an IRA, or make any other kinds of investments, we can help you learn how to grow your finances and plan for the future.

Investment Strategies

Business

Thinking about starting a business? Learn what you need to do to turn your vision into a profitable venture.

Business

Marketing

To succeed with your business, you will need to become an expert marketer. Discover strategies to get the word out to potential customers and clients.

Marketing

Growth

Whether you are trying to grow a business, a portfolio of investments, or a retirement account, we will help you learn how to build wealth for the future.

Growth

Learn More About Our Educational Programs

Discover how Jumpstart Empire Academy is helping to transform lives with financial education in the video below.

Meet Our Board

Meet our team of experienced entrepreneurs and something like that works are here to help you to meet your financial objectives.

Andrew Pence Loan Officer

Andrew Pence

I am a self-motivated, entrepreneur, home loan officer dedicated to my vision of success through impeccable customer service, relentless perseverance and commitment to honesty. I pride myself in creating an atmosphere of exceptional employee moral through leadership, teamwork and the capability, as well as the aspiration, to never stop learning.

Eric Wood Loan Officer

Eric Wood

Born native to the Yosemite area and raised with old-fashioned values. Always lived in a small community and treat people as neighbors. I put my Family and Team first as they have given me the freedom to pursue a healthy meaningful life. Eyes, Heart and Mind always open, I’ve learned the best life lived is helping others. My Health Care and Hospitality backgrounds have left me with a servants heart. “Trust yourself and never be afraid to fail, falling and getting up, gives you the strength grow in this world.” Cheers!

Jesse Pence Loan Officer

Jesse Pence

I was born and raised in the Sierra Nevada foothills. I went to the heartland for college, graduating from Indiana University in 2002. After college, I learned my father was diagnosed with ALS ana I stayed and cared for my father until his passing. I fell in love with a local girl, Lindsey Whetten, and we have two kids: Harrison, a smart and funny 7-year-old prankster, and Amelia who is 5 and the twinkle of my eye.

After family, golfing is my passion, and I follow in my father’s footsteps of golfing Friday afternoons with my partners. He taught me that life and business is all about fostering relationships. Community involvement is important to me and I’m a member of Oakhurst Sierra Rotary and have coached Harrison’s little league teams for the past 3 years.

Part of the best thing about being a partner in Granite West Funding is that I get to work with people I admire and trust. We strive to give excellent service while making the loan process as smooth as possible for our clients. I’m proud to be part of this team.

How to Get Started Marketing Your Business Online

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Onlime Business in California

When customers in your area are searching for products or services, where is the first place they turn? Probably online.

Indeed, while a lot of marketing still takes place locally offline, for many businesses, online marketing is now the main channel for increasing visibility and increasing reach.

If you are brand new to marketing your business online, the following ideas can help you get started.

Tips on How to Market Your Business Online

  1. Start a website and/or establish social media pages. If you do not yet have a website for your business, consider starting one. Some companies skip a website and simply create social media pages. Ideally, you should build a website and create pages on Facebook and other social networks. That way, customers have more ways to find you and learn about your company.
  2. Follow smart SEO practices to increase organic traffic. Optimize the structure of your website, make sure that you have a responsive design that can load well on all devices, write relevant content, and get backlinks from authoritative websites in your niche. All of these steps will help you to improve the search engine optimization (SEO) for your website, driving organic traffic your way. This is something you can do on your own, or you can contract a professional SEO company to handle it for you.
  3. Try running Pay Per Click (PPC) ads. Well SEO can help you too bring valuable organic traffic to your website, you can also try running Pay Per Click (PPC) ads. These allow you to appear in sponsored search results. Along with running paid advertisements through search engines, you also can do so on social media sites.
  4. Have a physical location? Get listed on Google Maps. If your business has a physical street address and you are trying to target local customers, it is important to make sure you are showing up on Google Maps. In order to do this, you will need to add or claim your business on Google My Business. This will also allow you to set up a Google Business Profile and verify it.
  5. Try email marketing. Email marketing may not be something you hear about as much as social media marketing, but it has been one of the most powerful methods for promoting businesses online for many years now. Try creating an email newsletter, and come up with creative incentives to get people to sign up. For example, you could give away a free ebook. There is software you can purchase that can help you to streamline your email marketing campaign and measure your results so that you can make continual improvements.
  6. Reach out to influencers. A great way to give your marketing message a boost and to increase your visibility is to try influencer marketing. It has become easier for brands to find influencers who may be a fit for them since social media platforms have introduced programs like Facebook for Creators. Influencers who participate in these programs have demonstrated they have the ability to create engaging content, and already have established audiences. They may also be connected with other influencers, who might like what they see and also decide to help you spread the word about your business.

Get More Tips for Marketing Your Business

That wraps up this series of recommendations for how you can promote your business online. For more education in marketing, please contact Jumpstart Empire Academy at (559) 540-2275.

How Do You Track Your Net Worth?

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When it comes to financial growth, one of the most important measurements to be aware of is net worth.

In this post, we will explain the concept of net worth and why it matters. We will also help you figure out how you can calculate and track your own net worth to find out if you are making progress toward your financial goals.

What is Your Net Worth?

The definition of net worth is simple:

Your net worth is the total value of your assets minus the total cost of your debts and liabilities.

Why Should You Know Your Net Worth?

The reason you need to know your net worth is because it is the single best way to figure out if you are on track financially.

Other numbers don’t necessarily give you the big picture. For example:

  • You could earn a very high salary and still have a low net worth if your debts are significant enough.
  • You could have a very large amount of money in your accounts and still have a low net worth for the same reason listed above.
  • On the flip side, some people with lower incomes and assets might actually have higher net worths if their debts are very low or nonexistent.

If you are not aware of your net worth, you might make assumptions about where you stand financially now and where you are headed that are simply incorrect.

You could be doing better than you think, in which case you might be stressing more than is necessary about your finances.

Indeed, we spend a lot of time comparing our incomes or savings to those of our co-workers, bosses or friends.

We might feel like they are flying past us, but could be surprised to discover that in truth, it may be we who are closer to achieving our financial goals.

On the other hand, you may not be moving towards your retirement goals nearly as quickly as you think you are, in which case you may need to make some adjustments to meet them.

How Do You Find Out What Your Net Worth Is?

You can figure out what your net worth is using just basic math. In fact, all you have to do is some addition and subtraction.

The equation is:

(all of your assets added together) – (all of your debts and liabilities added together) = net worth

Assets might include:

  • Money in your checking and savings accounts
  • Money in CD accounts
  • 401k, IRA, or other retirement accounts
  • Real estate
  • Stocks and other assets you are invested in
  • The value of any businesses you own
  • Other valuable assets you own (optional; see below)

Keep in mind that your valuable assets may depreciate. Your automobile, for example, will not be worth as much years from now as it is worth today. So, you need to account for that in your math.

You could look up the expected rate of depreciation, and reduce the amount accordingly, or you could just skip adding it in with your other assets. A lot of people leave out things like this to simplify their math.

Debts and liabilities could include:

  • Your mortgage
  • Automobile loans
  • Student loans
  • Personal loans
  • Unpaid bills (i.e. medical bills)
  • Any other money you owe

Once you have added up everything in both piles (assets and liabilities), you need only subtract your liabilities from your assets. You will then have a number that might be positive or negative. That number is your net worth.

You should calculate your net worth regularly to see how healthy your finances are overall, and whether your net worth is increasing over time.

If your net worth is staying the same, decreasing, or not increasing fast enough to achieve your goals, you will need to consider what you can do to start improving your financial circumstances.

We Can Help You Find Out if You Are on Track Toward Your Financial Goals

At Jumpstart Empire Academy, we can help you calculate your current net worth. We also can provide you with recommendations for options to explore to increase your net worth over time. Contact us today at (559) 540-2275 to get started.