The Kintzels
Philanthropy Is At The Heart of Our Mission
We love the direct selling industry. Why? Because there is no better way to help other people with good products and services than to do it with a direct relationship. As times continue to rapidly change, especially with technology, we have evolved our own unique mixture of traditional marketing, administration and management with all of the new tools we are all exposed to on a regular basis.
And, on top of helping others with their business objectives we are able to help their communities too. How? Simple, we have created a non profit philanthropic association that works together with all available local non profit organizations to make them more known to the community at large. And, we would love to help you too.
Keanan G. Kintzel
President
Lessons From The Grand Canyon
Since graduating from Indiana University in 1987, Keanan and I have built numerous companies that have helped many thousands of clients better achieve their goals.
Many years ago, a Grand Canyon National Park Ranger told us “Nobody EVER climbs down & out in one day”. We were young and brazen enough to disagree. So we woke up with the sun, ran down the long trail and took a quick dip in the Colorado river. Next we jogged, walked and crawled out the upper rim at sunset – totally exhausted yet victorious.
This story exemplifies our own business career as we have disagreed with all the naysayers out there and built our businesses anyway. And we take this same attitude when helping our clients and hope we get a chance to work with you too. To your success!
Kurtis J. Kintzel
Expansion Chairman
Top Gun Training
As a Purdue Aeronautical Engineer, F8U Vietnam Navy Fighter Pilot, American Airlines Captain and 5 Times Direct Sales Diamond, I know a thing or two about dedication. Like a Navy cat launch, I decided for early retirement to help my two sons launch our first company, American Aviation Brokerage. In 1987, they were fresh out of college and general aviation licensed pilots, and I was a retired Navy & Airline pilot. Together, we sold numerous small airplanes throughout Southern California. From there the three of us continued our direct sales careers for the next few decades. And with numerous successful endeavors I watched them launch Buzzazz in 1999 which has now helped over 50,000 businesses develop a successful web presence.
During our time working together, I helped teach them tips I learned along the way including some key ingredients of generating an energetic enthusiasm for life combined with a high intelligence quotient and really hard ethical work. I have been thrilled to pass the torch to Keanan and Kurtis and watch as they continue to create the American Dream for many others. And please, don’t let anyone steal your dream. See you at the top!
Craig S. Kintzel
Top Gun Mentor
With Amway Co-Founder, Multi Billionaire Rich Devos
Our story is not dissimilar from millions of other hard working Americans. Our great and great-great grandparents arrived from Europe with a suitcase, wallet and the clothes on their back. The image of young teenage couples saying goodbye to their families, while climbing aboard the giant streamliner ocean going ships of the day, for what they must have thought was the very last time, is almost incomprehensible today. Especially with all the luxury technologies and travel opportunities we now afford.
Best we can tell, they either landed in upstate New York and started to farm lands for others while slowly migrating towards South Bend Indiana where our grandparents ended up as the first to attend college with careers in teaching and farming. Which then led to our fathers career in aviation and direct sales which led to our interest in entrepreneurship too. Of course, farming by nature is the ultimate career in being an entrepreneur. Talk about battles with Mother Nature – pfew!
On the other side of our lineage it appears folks landed on the south side of Chicago and integrated into directly into the booming manufacturing industries. Our grandparents ended up breaking out of that hard labor work and built and ran a family corner grocery store for four decades just on the south tip of Lake Michigan in Hammond Indiana. Our mother was another first in that lineage to attend college and was a teacher, homemaker and Diamond Direct business builder with Amway. As you can see, like most others in America, our family also has worked hard to take advantage of what our founding fathers created. And with hard work, slowly but surely, we have been part of the entrepreneur spirt cultivated over a few hundred years that continues to inspire people from across the world.