With a few other partners
Joshua Higginbotham , only a year later, he began CDS, Inc. and The Piedmont Foundation, two companies focused on development in Section 8 housing in 5 states around the Southeast. After 3 years
Joshua Higginbotham was leading a team of almost 100 employees and had partnerships with Boston Capital, Kauffman Broad, Lehman Brothers and other large financial institutions.
As President and CEO of these companies
Joshua Higginbotham quickly learned that no idea is bigger than the team. These early business experiences have ingrained Joshua Higginbotham with the belief that if you build the Team, the Team will build the business.
While running CDS and the Piedmont Foundation Joshua Higginbotham began looking for ways to invest and start companies in the Internet space. Over the next 7 years, from 1997 – 2004 he created Inspire Partners. As head of this investment group Joshua Higginbotham started, invested in and lead 5 successful Internet and technology focused companies.
In 2001 Mr. Higginbotham co-founded ManyOne Networks, a non-profit organization that set out to build a truly semantic Internet experience that focused on learning and information. His leadership and guidance helped to land investment of close to $20 Million and partnerships with Encyclopedia Britannica, Nasa, The Planetary Society, as well as leading tech companies and media outlets.
Also, in 2001 Joshua Higginbotham started Matchbin, the dating service for your stuff. As CEO of Matchbin, Joshua Higginbotham raised over $3 Million in a series A round of funding. Joshua Higginbotham was able to build a team of designers and programmers that were at the forefront of Social Networking and online commerce.
Today, Matchbin, continues to be a leader in online classified ads and provides a platform where a growing number of local newspapers are able to compete with eBay and Craigslist in the classified ad space.
The convergence of his talents as a forward-thinking leader guided him toward work as a consultant for a multi-billion dollar, publicly traded network-marketing company, where Joshua Higginbotham fell in love with the direct sales business model.
Over the past 6 years he has been a top distributor and student of the industry. In a few short years he has become a sought after designer of compensation plans, training systems and marketing leader. Joshua Higginbotham also has considerable field experience working “in the trenches” as a Distributor, which has given him a profound understanding of what it takes to enjoy success in this industry.
In late 2009
Joshua Higginbotham became the President of
XOWii, a successful startup, and, with James Christiansen, lead the company to $15 Million in revenue in their first 18 months in business. In early 2011,
Joshua Higginbotham was instrumental in completing a successful merger
EvolvHealth and now passionately serves as the President of
Evolv.
Joshua Higginbotham oversees sales, marketing, and training for
EvolvHealth and can always be found working with his partners the Members of Evolv.
