Entrepreneurship – LeRoy J. Watkins III

Honored to Receive the Outstanding School Partner Award

This is one of those special moments that both surprises and inspires you.

17 Years at Viking Sports

LinkedIn let me know it’s my 17th anniversary at Viking Sports, which is wild.

From Viking Sports Clinics to Ultimate Experiences: A Journey of Community Building and Impactful Fun

Viking Sports was founded in 1993 to provide sports clinics for kids in Brookline.

If you love what you do, then you’ll never work a day in your life. WAAAAY easier said than done. At 42 I’m fortunate enough for this statement is true for me. When I was just starting out, I was definitely doing what I loved, which was running my own company, but it was notContinue reading “Never Work A Day In Your Life”

MyBike and the Mass Challenge

In 2012 I owned two companies. The first was MyBike, which was my baby. The second was Viking Sports

The Fear of Failure Person

When it comes time to make a fork in the road decision you generally have three types of people

Success Happens Slowly

Success does indeed happen slowly.

Being No Maintenance

Between Viking Sports, MyBike, and knocking on doors, I’ve worked with thousands of people. During the time, someone smarter than me pointed out that people fall into three categories- high maintenance, low maintenance, and no maintenance. Let’s go through them… High Maintenance– This is the person who needs supervision. They are a question asker, theyContinue reading “Being No Maintenance”

All That Cardboard

Back in 2014 MyBike opened up on the main drag in South Boston. I was nervous that we wouldn’t be able to cover the rent and that it was going to be a terrible mistake. Thankfully I was proven wrong when we started selling bikes. Lots of bikes. Selling all of these bikes created aContinue reading “All That Cardboard”

Team Building is Hard

Building a team is such a hard thing to do. It took me years to get good at this skill. When I did door to door sales, the only way to get out of the “field” (the actual pounding the pavement to knock on doors) was to develop a team of sales people to sellContinue reading “Team Building is Hard”