Jake Hanes is the Owner and a CPA at Action Tax Service, LLC, which provides tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services to individuals and businesses. As a motivational speaker and executive coach, he is also the Founder of Transbundance and the best-selling author of The 7 Strategies of Highly Successful Business Owners. As a serial entrepreneur, Jake co-owns the Epicenter in Puyallup, a family entertainment center featuring escape rooms, miniature bowling, and virtual reality gaming experiences.

Running a business is never a straight path; every entrepreneur faces challenges, from financial struggles to failed ventures. When setbacks threaten to derail everything you’ve built, how can you turn mistakes into lessons and use them to fuel future successes?

Accountant Jake Hanes knows firsthand how failure can be a brutal but effective teacher. After successfully managing his CPA firm, he decided to expand into new industries — only to watch one of his ventures, a clinical day spa, collapse within a year, costing him $230,000. Jake realized he had entered an unfamiliar industry without proper research or the right team. Determined not to repeat the mistake, he sought out mentors, embraced business coaching, and refined his approach to risk-taking. He encourages other business owners to set clear, intentional goals for each business or venture.

In the first episode of Work Hard, Play Harder, guest host Chad Franzen of Rise25 sits down with Jake Hanes, the Owner and a CPA at Action Tax Service, LLC, to discuss mindsets and strategies for entrepreneurial growth. Jake shares how he overcame epilepsy through a life-changing surgery, his mission to impact over one million people, and how he became a motivational speaker and business coach.