J.F. (Jim) Straw is the eldest son of a farmer/aircraft worker, born in Oklahoma and reared on farms in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas. He began his long, successful career in business at the age of nine; when he sold his first cans of Cloverleaf Salve and copies of "GRIT" newspaper. Even at that early age, he had the unique talent of recognizing an opportunity, implementing a plan, and making a profit.

Jim's career has progressed through direct selling, service contracting, wholesale merchandising, entertainment (he was a professional Trumpet player, vocalist &;;; Radio Announcer), freight forwarding, import/export, retail merchandising, warehousing, real estate, electronics manufacturing, finder's fees, closeout merchandising, financial brokerage, business consulting, steel fabrication, gold & coal mining, offshore banking, mailorder, writing, and publishing.

Over the past 30 years, J.F. Straw has written well over 300 books, booklets, manuals, reports, courses and articles about doing business ­ all based on his own personal, hands-on experience. His writings are "specific" methods, techniques and approaches to doing business that anyone can use to start or expand their business.

As a mailorder marketer...with over 700,000 customers worldwide ... he has sold over two-hundred &;;; fifty-million dollars ($250,000,000) worth of products and services by mail. Everything from Beauty Supplies to Heavy Equipment ... Burglar Alarms to Sleeping Bags ... Fishing Lures to Women's Wigs ... Automobiles to Wheelchairs ... Investment Opportunities to Seafood ... Consulting Services to "How To" Courses ... all by mailorder.

Today, Jim is making a new ... bigger ... fortune on the Internet.

As a member of "Mensa," with a lifetime of proven success in marketing, Straw justifiably identifies himself as a "Marketing Genius."