Derek Stone
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Derek Stone

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Derek Stone is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stone’s Repair and Remodel, LLC. He’s been married to his high school sweetheart, Crystal for the past 17 years and together they have two boys: Ashton, 14 years old and Noah, 7 years old. Derek came from humble beginnings and grew up in Section-8 housing located in Mobile, AL. Derek has a fraternal twin brother and was the youngest of 4 children growing up. His parents divorced when he was 5 years old and had to raise himself when his mom started working 3 jobs to keep the lights on. He moved to North East Mississippi at age 16 when his mother re-married for the 3rd time and started his life over. ​ Through his teenage years he did hard labor working on a hay farm and a landscaping company. Later he tried retail and restaurant management throughout out college and became a Certified Grand Opening Trainer for Chick-fil-A. This is where he learned the value of creating duplicatable systems. Derek went to a community college in Booneville, MS for 3 years and got a degree in Business Marketing and Management. ​ For 12 years Derek had dreams of becoming a musician. This road didn’t lead him to success, it led him to Nashville, TN. Struggling to live as a starving artist with a family to feed Derek did lots of odd jobs to make money while living in Nashville, one in particular almost cost him his life. It was then he thought “there’s got to be a better way.” He went through an early life crisis and changed careers through watching YouTube and the help of a few mentors. He was able to take his God given talent of Creativity and transferred it from being something that you hear, to something that you can now see. He exposed a niche in the construction world that was hated by builders, but very much necessary in order to close houses. The construction industry was his road to success, the “better way” he had longed for in the past. He grew this small one man show to over 28 and was able to go from $68,000 to $1.2 million in gross revenue in three short years. ​ He gives all the credit for his success to one decision he made while a senior in high school. He says, “I started looking back at my life to figure out what made me so different from my other three siblings. I chose to forgive my dad and not take the same paths my parents did. I blamed dad for every bad thing I went through as a child: from being sexually abused, going hungry (thank God for school lunches), to having to take cold showers because the power got cut off. I was very bitter as a teenager and wanted a better life, so when the opportunity presented itself, I took it!” ​ In 2014 when his business started thriving, something had to give in his busy schedule. Over much consideration, his music was the only thing that would free up more time. He says, “When I walked away from performing, it hurt so bad. I had given it all my heart for so long and sacrificed anyone and anything to make it happen. In whatever perspective you looked at it, my music always fell short and just wasn’t enough to make ends meet. I felt like I had this powerful message locked inside and just lost the platform to share it. In 2019 I felt a nudge to write, so, that’s exactly what I did.” ​ 36 years since the beginning of his story and he is currently living his best life, not someone else’s. He enjoys hunting, fishing, knife making, and hanging out with his family. He loves helping people re-tool to change their lives and empowering them to do so. He loves God, loves his family, and loves people.
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