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From Norfolk resilience to global impact, how Keith Willis, a retired pro athlete, entrepreneur and mentor, turned a humbling moment into a mission.
Raised by two college sweethearts who both went pro, his mother now enshrined in a basketball Hall of Fame and later a 20-year educator; his father a 20-plus-year military veteran, he grew up in a home where academics, athletics and accountability weren’t slogans; they were a way of life.

“That’s where I learned discipline,”

he recalls.

“My parents built me on structure and purpose. Sports and education weren’t optional; they were who we were.”

He starred in both football and basketball at Virginia Tech, then spent five years in the NFL. When the cleats came off, the playbook changed, but the mission didn’t. Entrepreneurship called and so did service. Over the past 15 years, he’s helped more than 400 student-athletes earn their way to college, specializing in football recruitment.

“A true blessing,”

he says,

“to know I can open doors for kids that change their future.”

The Humbling That Lit the Fuse
Network marketing wasn’t on his radar until life shifted. By 2016, he was ready to hear something new. Ready to build again.
But when he went to sign up, his card declined.
A small

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Maria Inserra and Piero Sbrizzi: Building a Borderless Network Marketing Business

by Press Release • September 26, 2025 • 0 Comments

Ethics, Values, and a Global Vision: Building a Borderless Network Marketing Business With Greenway Global
“After thirty years in international network marketing, I can confidently say that the true driving force behind this business is neither the product, nor the compensation plan, nor even the business strategy. It’s the values that drive it. This is where a community, a culture, and ultimately, an economy are born.”
— Piero Sbrizzi
For this highly successful Italian couple, network marketing is a powerful tool capable of transcending geographic, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. Too often, however, in trying to adapt to local specificities, companies fall into the trap of narrowing their vision. They focus on business development in a single nation or culture, forgetting that the true potential of network marketing is global.
By teaching people to think locally, a network remains confined. Conversely, by sharing universal values, the network can thrive everywhere.
“It’s not about adapting to every local culture to build an international business. It’s about conveying a message based on common principles — values that unite people everywhere, regardless of language or location. Respect, trust, integrity, vision, responsibility: these values don’t belong to a culture, but to every individual.”
— Maria Inserra
This philosophy is precisely why Maria

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Top Field Leader Randi Schmitt Comes Back Home To Velovita®

by Press Release • September 22, 2025 • 0 Comments

After over a decade of building teams, transforming lives, and achieving remarkable success, Randi Schmitt has made her way back to the place she loved the most.
Starting out as a young, struggling mom, like so many others, Randi joined the Direct Selling profession to add extra income to her household, where she found herself leading other women in similar situations, and before long, started achieving life-changing success.
According to Randi:

“It’s more than a paycheck. It’s the only vehicle I’ve ever found where you can directly impact someone’s life in a way that creates lasting change — for their health, their finances, and their future. This industry has my heart, and it always will. After much consideration of what’s going on in the industry and my own personal health challenges, I longed for not only products that had worked for me personally but a company that was built on a foundation of trust, stability, and vision. That’s what we have with Kosta Gara,”

said Randi Schmitt.
Randi joins the global powerhouse Velovita®, furthering its mission to provide world-class skincare, wearable biohacking technology, cutting-edge nutritional supplements, and wellness solutions worldwide, while providing security and stability to its Members.

“I’m thrilled to welcome Randi back