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Meet Derrick Brown of HypeFan in Suwanee

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Derrick Brown.

Derrick, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
I’m passionate about the act of creation and I love technology. I was born and raised in Atlanta, a true child of the ATL, the SWATS (South West Atlanta Too Strong). I graduated from WestLake High School and matriculated at the University of Georgia. I’ve written all my life and I spend an inordinate amount of time dreaming about creating things; be they stories, methods, or products that would make the world a much better place. To that end, I’ve built a career around Technology. I’ve been a powerful proponent of S.T.E.A.M. and I’ve dedicated myself to uplifting my community through what I create.

I’m the definer of Critical Success, “The planned achievement of something urgent and essential utilizing skilled planning and judgment for the express purpose of attaining personal prosperity.” I’ve defined the 2 Rules of 3: 3POP and 3FE. 3Pop is the Three Principles of Prosperity; Investing in the Capital Markets, engaging in Real Estate, and pursuing Entrepreneurship. 3FE is THE Tool for Motivational Empowerment, Find, Focus, establish the Fundamental Plan, and Execute. It is the everyday person’s tool for the application of critical thinking skills.

I use this knowledge to help people improve their lives and engage in critical thinking, in time embodying the true hallmark of the critical thinker, which is the ability to internalize the perspectives of others, most especially when that perspective is diametrically or even violently opposed to your own.

As a creative I’ve also imagined and written a novel about Atlanta’s only superhero, CHAMPION.

I explain when asked that I pull my thoughts and ideas from DIDEA, the Dimension of Ideas. As a speaker and consultant, I’ve personified motivation. As an inventor, I hold patents. As an author, I’ve written nine books. As the founder of HypeFan, I’ve taken what I’ve produced and defined the next great promotional product required by every fan to get their team over the feeling of loss, beyond the challenge of fear, into the realm of the champion, to bring the real, to be the winner! The HypeStick is the tool for every true fan, what every player on the field passionately needs from their spectators, the power and energy of their support, for it is well known, “They who bring the most HYPE shall conquer!”

In short, this is who I am and this is what I do.

We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
No road to success is smooth. If it is then you are nowhere near perhaps even the first third of the way in your journey. Interestingly enough, I’ve recently written about this: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meetdsbrown_lets-start-a-journey-towards-critical-successs-activity-6603700597206106112-OHYm.

The struggles, oh I can count the ways:

1) Societally embedded racism: I don’t look like what I sound like and what I sound like is sometimes off-putting because it creates conflict and confusion in those who think perhaps I should be doing something else, like running with a piece of leather in my hand for a goal post.

2) Institutional racism: The constructs in which we all must operate do not naturally open, operate or bend in my direction. As such, the acquisition and aggregation of capital is not impossible, but it can often be ridiculously difficult. Sometimes so much so that one may quit. However, more important than the money, because any fool can find another fool to eventually give them some cash even if it is at highway robbery interest rates, the opportunities, the doorways to critical success are much much more difficult to come by.

Because I was not born with a rolodex of the influential, because my parents were not born with a rolodex of the influential, because I may not be the person to be influential enough online or in the real world with the contacts I have, the doorway to the critical success I seek is not as easy to come by. Still, cest la vie. As they say, one monkey don’t stop no show. We keep right on pushin’.

So, as you know, we’re impressed with HypeFan – tell our readers more, for example what you’re most proud of and what sets you apart from others.
HypeFan is the core of what I am currently pushing. It is not just a product, it is a lifestyle. However, it is a brand for heroes. HypeFan specializes in generating Hype.

SOMEONE HAS TO BRING THE HYPE! www.hypefan.com

When there is no energy in the stands when no one lets the team know how they feel when no one provides the energy of support, the team is starting in the negative, and this only ensures the lost. Will you be part of that loss? Or, will you bring the HYPE and help guarantee the win?

I am proud of so much, my family first and foremost. I can’t speak of business without speaking of family because for every endeavor in which I engage, I must treat it like family. For me, it is just that important. I’m next most proud of the creative I am and what I hope to bring to the table for those who engage me and what I produce. Finally, I’m incredibly proud of the patented HypeStick and what it will become to each and every fan, and how being that fan will enhance the HypeFan brand, which in turn will allow HypeFan to give back to the community ten fold what it receives.

How does the HypeStick do this? It makes you the hero:
Transform! Don’t just be a spectator with no skin in the game. Put your power on the field and bring it! BRING THE HYPE! THEY WHO BRING THE HYPE WIN THE GAME! Real talk, it’s just that simple.

So, what’s next? Any big plans?
I’ve created HypeSticks of all kinds. I’m going to introduce HypeSticks by sport and event, such as Birthday’s, Fourth of July, etc. I will also push custom HypeSticks for schools, teams, whatever a particular customer may want. The HypeStick will open the doorway for much more, allowing me to work on other projects that require capital.

While I’m at it, I plan on working on a sizzle reel for Atlanta’s only superhero, CHAMPION.

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Image Credit:
Champion book cover: Eric Wilkerson. Critical Success and Educational Primer Book covers: Korry Richards

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