About Deon Stokes
Deon Stokes, MBA, is a serial entrepreneur and offers more than 15 years of experience as the Founder/CEO of Joint Effort a Forensic Marketing Agency, the Founder and Visionary of the podcast and web series The Failure Report, Co-Host of the podcast Leading In Color with Marta Miranda Straub, the tech developer of Pivot, a Professional Wellness Marketplace – powered by Google and the curator of The Ambition Planner, a daily planner for women of faith. After 13 years as a political manager and strategist, Deon retired to focus her time and attention on her purpose – helping women thrive.
She started her career in Alabama politics, managing candidates from local government, U.S. Congress, and Senators. Upon retirement, she focused on solving the biggest problem in business – how to start a successful business, how to grow that business, and how to Make More Money.
Her mission is to invest in small businesses, startups, and nonprofit agencies through a straightforward and strategic methodology of providing comprehensive strategic planning, branding, and inbound marketing tactics to help companies scale.
Fearless, passionate, and a “professional failure” are just a few words often used to describe Deon’s rose-colored view of life.