My name is Steve Cory. Over the last 30+ years, I've built and sold multiple companies across a range of industries, retail, service, technology, and now digital marketing. I've had the wins. I've had the losses. I filed for bankruptcy, rebuilt from nothing, and came out the other side with the kind of clarity you can only earn the hard way.

Today, I run Cory Media Group, a digital marketing agency based in Shelbyville, Tennessee, focused on one thing: helping local businesses get found, get chosen, and grow in the age of AI search. We work with service businesses across Middle Tennessee every day, HVAC companies, contractors, attorneys, dentists, medical practices, and businesses with real roots in this community who deserve to be found by the customers already looking for them.

What I didn't have during the hard years was a room full of people who got it. Fellow business owners who could speak honestly about the struggle, share what was actually working, and do it all with the right values at the center.

That's exactly what Ignite is. It's the free academy and community I wish had existed when I was starting, a place where Middle Tennessee business owners can grow together, sharpen each other, and honor God with the businesses we've been entrusted to build.