I've built quicklube chains, sales teams of thousands, software companies, and a Christian social network. None of it was the plan. That's the point of the book.
Entrepreneur since 1992Founder & CEO · ActsSocialAuthor · Called Out of Nowhere
A True Story
Called out of Nowhere
When God interrupts a life you thought you built yourself
Shawn Whitson
Coming Soon
The Book
Called Out of Nowhere
From sacking groceries in East Texas to oil change bays, boardrooms, and a social platform built on the book of Acts, this is the story of a career that kept getting interrupted, and the God who was doing the interrupting.
You don't have to see the whole road. You just have to answer when you're called.
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My Story
Thirty years of building. One thread running through all of it.
1992
From grocery sacks to an oil change bay
My first job was sacking groceries. By high school I was in the automotive quicklube industry, and by 20 I owned my first location, growing a chain between Dallas and Texarkana, Texas.
2000s
Sales records and a houseful of kids
While homeschooling our children, I moved into marketing and sales, broke the First Year Career Agent record at American United Life, and trained others to win in their own industries.
2010s
Robotic Returns and Merchant Careers
Founded a robotic stock trading technology company, then co-founded the #1 ranked merchant services recruiting company in the U.S., growing a network of 2,400 salespeople in 13 months.
2017
Trinity Proximity Inc
Launched a faith-based software company in Sulphur Springs, Texas, building technology products for 38 communities across the country.
Today
ActsSocial
Founder and CEO of ActsSocial, the flagship product of Trinity Proximity Inc: a social media platform built on gratitude, thankfulness, and the model of the early church in Acts 2:42-47. The calling I never saw coming. The book tells that story.
Before Any of It
The résumé isn't the point.
Sharee and I have been married for more than thirty years, through every venture, every reinvention, and every calling on this page. We homeschooled our three children, who are now grown, and these days the best title I hold is grandad to four.
That's the life the book was written from, and the reason it was written at all.
30+
Years Married
3
Adult Children
4
Grandchildren
What I Build
Faith-first ventures.
Social Platform
ActsSocial
A social media platform designed for uplifting, positive interaction, where gratitude and thankfulness are the currency. Built on the pattern of the early church, by Trinity Proximity Inc.
Thirty years of entrepreneurship and a faith story worth telling. I speak to churches, business groups, and podcasts about building companies without losing your soul.
Talk 01Called Out of Nowhere: when God interrupts your plans
Talk 02Building businesses on Biblical principles
Talk 03Faith-first technology and the future of social media
Talk 04Sales, grit, and the long obedience of entrepreneurship
