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Both Kirk and Jennifer were blessed with an entrepreneurial
spirit. When given the opportunity to own their own restaurant they took it. They opened San Francisco Sourdough
Pizza in Logan and eventually a second in Ogden. It was an
exciting time for them. Their youth and ambition caught the
attention of others and they were awarded the Young Entrepreneur of the Year by Cache Valley. Kirk joked that they won
because they were the only entrepreneurs in that area, but
when they won the same award for Utah’s Rocky Mountain Region, they thought there might be something to it.
Kirk said, “We were the most successful poor people in all of
Cache Valley. Opening a restaurant can be extremely difficult.”
Kirk eventually sold his restaurant to his business partner,
which opened his family to new business opportunities. Kirk
said, “I liked change. I got bored quickly and people often
tried to recruit me. If the business opportunity sounded
good, I usually jumped in.” Kirk spent time in the cell phone
industry, in truck stop restaurants for Flying J, and in real
estate before trying to start his own merchant processing
company. During that process, he met Patrick and Allyse
Sedivy and they began to work together.
Teresa Harding had asked Kirk to look at dōTERRA a year
prior to him meeting Patrick and Allyse Sedivy. Kirk said,
“Teresa told me I would be great at it. That was something I
heard often because of my sales background. It wasn’t a new
revelation. I told her no.” However, a year later when Kirk
wanted to recruit Roger into their trading company the door
once again opened for Teresa. Not only did she want Kirk to
reconsider, but she insisted that Patrick and Allyse Sedivy
become involved as well. Kirk came home and told Jenn,
“I think I just sicced an MLMer on my business partner.”
However, much to Kirk and Jennifer’s surprise Patrick and
Allyse joined and immediately called to recruit them. “I was
scared,” Kirk said, “but I trusted their entrepreneurial ability.”
Kirk and Jennifer joined dōTERRA on October 31, 2009.
While working their dōTERRA business, Kirk realized that it
was no longer about the business opportunity. “I saw that
I could help people,” Kirk said, “and I thought to myself if I
can do this all the time and get paid, then WOW!” In the
process of helping other ̰