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1990
Born In Florence, South Carolina
1998
I started playing Gymnastics and Cheerleading.
1999
I was beat up in school. It was very
traumatic for me.
2000
I started middle school at FSK, where I learned to type without looking at the keyboard.
I took a break from sports to focus on music: Trumpet, Sax, Clarinet, Piano
2003
I was very depressed and started
wearing “Goth” clothes from hot topic.
2004
I went to an all-girls high-school,
Western.
I started playing soccer and softball, suddenly started dressing like a Jock.
2008
Graduated high school as Valedictorian and a full-ride scholarship to Johns Hopkins University
Hit by a van, nearly died, and had to learn how to walk all over again. My plans to play sports in college were
destroyed.
I found out I was pregnant, and quickly became the campus gossip (cane girl and preggo)
2009
Gave birth to my 1st child: Blake Kaleb Bradley Goldman-Petri
My mom decided she wanted to leave my abusive ex-step father. So we teamed up. She helped me with my kiddo and I worked 3 jobs to help pay the mortgage. I even testified to the abuse in court, which led my ex-step-father to disown me in court and later
on threaten to run me over with his truck.
2010
I joined my sorority, Delta Xi Phi, who accepted me despite the campus gossip. They were the geeky sorority girls 🙂
2011
I started playing Softball again, after 3 years of recovery!
I went to China to practice my Chinese!
Eloped in Vegas to marry the love of my life, Jason and take his name before graduation
2012
Graduated JHU with 3 degrees and 7 honors
I went to Russia to practice my Russian and celebrate graduation
Started school at Towson
Got a job as social media marketing intern
Quit grad school, quit my job, and started my own business!
2013
Started my second business, and hit my first $10K month at age 22!
2014
Joined forces with Mara Glazer and we made $150K in 4 months at 23!
I got very sick, throwing up every day for 2 months straight. Losing tons of weight.
2015
I had my second baby:
Alexander Gabriel William Christopher
Goldman-Petri
I realized I needed to put my life first, so I left the business. That coupled with the medical bills led us deep into debt.
I started my coaching company, which made $120K in 90 days at 25! I had
clients in 19 countries, and got us out of the debt hole.
2016
Launched Market Like A Nerd rebrand and made $562K in 4 months at age 26! I had clients in 31 countries
2017
Got on 50 podcasts in 60 days!
I experienced heart issues, turned out to be Pericarditis. But the experience led to me working out 4x a week, and putting my health first again.
Started multiple new companies: The League of Certified Coaches, FAME For Good, and more!
1981
Born 2 weeks late, close to midnight in Connecticut — Scorpio baby.
Moved to Houston, TX to be closer to family and for my dad’s new job. My cousin Hong became my best friend (we were only a few months apart).
1983
I spoke Mandarin at home and when I went to preschool for the first time, I didn’t know any English and cried all day at school (at least that’s what my mom told me).
1986
Moved to Orange County California — yes, I’m an original OC girl.
Met my new best friend Joanne for the first time. Our grandfathers worked together and her dad and my mom where childhood friends. I’ve been friends with her longer than anyone else in my life. Our parents even had to separate us into 2 different classrooms for Chinese school so we’d actually pay attention.
1994
Entered the awkward phase of my life. I was painfully shy and barely spoke up in class
1996
Went to my first concert, Alanis Morissette at Irvine Meadows with my friends. Danced and sang all night under the stars.
1997
I joined the tennis team at my HS. We weren’t very good, but we had a lot of fun. That’s all that matters right?
1998
Made the varsity team for tennis. Backhands were my favorite. And got to see Andre Agassi, Patrick Rafter, and Tim Henman play. All the girls on the team had a crush on Rafter.
1999
Graduated HS and started USC. After the first football game, I was a Trojan diehard for life. Even stormed the field when we beat UCLA for the first time in 8 years! The victory bell was finally back where it belong.
I rebelled a little and went skydiving for the first time with skydive SC.
2000
Became President of Trojan Pride, the official spirit committee of USC, as a sophomore.
Got rid of my shyness and had to speak on stage at our pep rallies to hundreds (and maybe thousands) of people.
I joined Delta Sigma Pi, a co-ed business fraternity. Yes, I was a business geek, but at least our fraternity was cooler than the other one on campus. Even met some of my closest friends.
2003
Graduated college and got my first job at Guess? Inc. as a distribution analyst. Soon I was promoted to an Assistant Buyer for Factory Accessories.
2004
Purchased my first home in Pasadena California. I loved it, but sadly only was able to live in it for 9 months because I got accepted to Indiana University’s MBA program and moved there.
2005
Moved to Bloomington, Indiana for grad school. Experienced a true winter for the first time, studied hard, and partied lots. Some of the best memories in my life.
2006
Got 6 internship offers from Top CPG companies and decided accept the internship from Nestle Prepared Foods and work on the Stouffer’s brand. So I headed off to Cleveland, Ohio.
2007
I graduated from IU and received my MBA. Soon after, I packed up and left for Cleveland to work on the Lean Cuisine brand at Nestle.
Found my yoga home at Cleveland Yoga and my teacher, Marni Task. Finally nailed my headstands too!
2010
I launched Market Creations for Lean Cuisine, which made $54 million dollars in half a year. That was the craziest 9 months of my life. New product, new technology, and a very very short timeline.
Went to Nepal with a bunch of my yoga friends to support Nepal Orphans Home. This trip changed my life and set the course for my new adventures.
2011
Won Product of The Year for Market Creations and went to NYC to accept the award on behalf of my team.
Decided to quit my job and move back to California.
Started an inspirational blog called {the JOY depot} to help others find their joy. Even wrote out what I was joyful for 365 days straight.
2014
Launched Brand Fame and booked my first high end client within a month!
2015
Consulted for Toyota Motor Sales – North America around branding and strategy.
Consulted for UBM to create their brand strategy to launch one of their largest pharmaceutical shows to the North American market.
Made my first 6 figures in business!
2016
Consulted for Sumitomo to create their new brand for their new Cosmetic / Personal Care distribution company.
Became a contributor for the Huffington Post and launched my first successful group program.
Increased my revenues by 40% and made my second 6 figures in business!
2017
Launched my evergreen webinar that brought in 5-6 new leads a week, launched my evergreen group program, Brand Like A Boss, and my membership site, The BeLoved Brand.
Went to AFest for the first time and upleveled my business.
Started 2 new companies: Hello Fame Agency, and FAME For Good
Amanda & Minling initially launch the business as quickly as
possible as The Fame Effect LLC
40+ Entrepreneurs jump into the Beta Launch of the F.A.M.E.
program
Amanda & Minling initially launch the Authority Branding Package as quickly as possible, selling out all 5 spots in record speed
FAME Program and Fame For Good PR Clients go crazy landing publicity features:
Amanda & Minling, having made enough money to cover start up expenses and recurring expenses, now pause to focus on refining their own message and brand – Have to do as you teach, right? The idea of “FAME For Good” is born!
The first Authority Branding Retreat is completed and Amanda and Minling are dying of brand envy over the amazing brands they are creating with their clients
The Fame For Good company website is launched
