WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, I STARTED MY OWN COMPANY CALLED MIAMI VALLEY HOOP VAULT THAT COVERED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL IN THE DAYTON, OHIO AREA. THE INSTAGRAM PAGE GREW TO OVER 12k FOLLOWERS BY 2022. IN THE FALL OF 2021 I STARTED A FOOTBALL VERSION CALLED MIAMI VALLEY FOOTBALL VAULT. THE FOOTBALL ACCOUNT GREW TO OVER 5k FOLLOWERS IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF IT BEING ACTIVE.
I UPLOADED ARTICLES ON MY WEBSITE, POSTED FULL GAME RECAPS ON YOUTUBE, AND HIGHLIGHTS ON INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER. I ALSO WOULD POST WEEKLY RANKINGS ON BOTH THE BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL ACCOUNTS WHICH HELPED GREATLY WITH ENGAGEMENT.
WITHIN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF MVHOOPVAULT.COM (NO LONGER ACTIVE) being up, we gained over 500k views. THE WEBSITE'S CONTENT RANGED FROM ARTICLES, RANKINGS, TO EVEN SCORES AND STATS FROM AROUND THE AREA.
I was able to bring on different high school students from the Miami Valley to help me with my company. Many of them worked as creatives, taking photos and videos at games. WHILE OTHERS assisted with helping run the website and manage and edit content on the page.
I WAS ABLE TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT MANAGING A BUSINESS WHILE RUNNING MVHOOPVAULT. I BUILT COUNTLESS RELATIONSHIPS IN THE DAYTON AREA AND WAS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY GROW MY BRAND OVER THAT four year period.
