Stay Away from Orange County Growth Business Coaching
At first, this guy sells himself like he’s the next big guru.
He brags non-stop — “I coached this CEO, I worked with Disneyland’s leadership, I’ve helped so many big companies.” Sounds impressive, right? Except… when I casually mentioned a few names I actually know, he didn’t even recognize them. That’s when the red flags started.
Then comes the “coaching.”
Before week one even started, I wrote him 5–7 detailed emails laying out my business challenges. Guess what? He didn’t even read them. When the actual sessions began, it became crystal clear: he had no real answers. Every time I asked a specific question, he’d either dodge it or spit out something useless.
For example:
Me: “Why does a $26/hour receptionist deliver the same results as a $17/hour receptionist?”
Him: “Well, if you paid $100/hour, you’d get different results.”
Seriously? That’s not coaching — that’s common sense garbage. If I could afford $100/hour, I wouldn’t need his “coaching” in the first place.
And it gets worse.
He twists your words. I told him, “One month I was so busy I couldn’t hire anyone, I had to push through myself until I nearly burned out.” What I meant was: I need solutions for this. He twisted it into: “So you don’t want this anymore.” No — I never said that. He just doesn’t listen. He only wants you to listen to him.
That’s his whole game:
Step one: Ask if you have friends or family around — basically checking if you’ve got anyone who can call out his BS.
Step two: Keep repeating “trust me, follow me,” until you’re mentally cornered. That’s how he tries to brainwash people.
Meanwhile, he’s charging ridiculous fees. $500 for a “website setup”? All he did was send me a link to a generic tool (the kind you could sign up for yourself in five minutes). Zero actual work.
Then the real kicker: he pressures you into signing a year-long contract. We’re talking $40,000+ of debt before you’ve even gotten anything useful. Imagine being trapped in that.
And finally, the mask slipped.
We ended up talking about funding. I never asked him how to raise money, but he blurted out:
“If I had money, I’d just start my own business — I wouldn’t be here coaching.”
Boom. That’s when I knew — this guy is a fraud.
How I Realized Why I Got Misled
After everything blew up, I sat down to figure out how I even got pulled into this scam in the first place. And I finally found the reason.
This guy was playing dirty with Google My Business.
Here’s what he did: when you search “Business Coaching” on Google, what shows up? A company with tons of glowing 5-star reviews, pages and pages of praise. Looks totally legit, right? But when you click the link, it doesn’t take you to that company. It redirects you straight to his website.
So what happens? He basically hijacks someone else’s good reputation. Potential clients think, “Wow, look at all these amazing reviews”, and without realizing it, they end up contacting him. That’s exactly how I got trapped.
And here’s the kicker: if you actually type his real name into Google—letter by letter—you’ll find out he doesn’t even have a proper Google My Business listing at all. Why? Most likely because he doesn’t want anyone leaving bad reviews that would expose him.
This sneaky trick shows you just how calculated the whole thing is. It’s not just sloppy service; it’s an intentional scam, designed to mislead and drain people.