Who is Tellman?

Born:	January 18, 1977
Parents:	Rolf Knudson and Ellen McLain. Sister Sarah.
High School:	Mascoma Valley Regional High School, Enfield, NH. Class of 1995. “Most Artistic”
College:	Attended Johnson State College before transferring to Marlboro College in Vermont to study psychotherapy.
Running Credentials:	Set cross country running records in high school and competed for the state championship. Raced in countless road races often placing well in his age group.
Business Credentials:	Certified hypnotherapist, operated 6 offices in Vermont from 2002 – 2006. Held first Million Dollar Phone call with Sean Casey in April of 2008. CEO of Overcome Everything, Inc. as well as several other on-line businesses, www.listbuilding.com, www.BecomeSuperhuman.com. 15 person company, 10 of whom work remotely from their home offices.
Favorite expressions:	AWESOME! Shabambo!
Why run BAREFOOT across the country?	Cuz no one has ever done it.
Are you NUTS?	Most people say so.
What’s up with the beard?	I’m a Viking. Of course I have a beard.
Favorite video game:	That changes. Right now it is “Wolverine.”
Favorite Music Group:	Pantera.
Proudest moment:	The day I decided to run across the country and raise $100 million for homeless teens.
Favorite movie:	The Jericho Mile.
If you could meet anyone in history, who would it be?	Great Grandpa Tellman, an inventor.
If you were King and Supreme Ruler you would…	declare a national holiday for nachos.
Married to Jodi Meehan who is also active in the company.	Son Torger.

Tellman Knudson does not have time for doubt. He cannot accept that anything is impossible. It just hasn’t been tried the right way. It is not just idle philosophy. He actively challenges the norms and himself to overcome the seemingly impossible. But it wasn’t always that way.

Growing up in Enfield, NH, Tellman was a self-admitted geek with ADHD and a crippling leg condition, femoral antiversion, which made it difficult even to walk. He was picked on incessantly. He struggled in relationships with his divorced parents and took refuge couch surfing in friends’ homes.

In a scene out of Forrest Gump, Tellman decided to try out for the cross country running team in high school. It was ugly – he could barely run a quarter of a mile. But Tellman found solace in running and he threw himself into it, running 7 miles to school in the morning and then 7 miles home again after practice. The running strengthened his muscles and corrected his femoral antiversion. In two years Tellman was breaking school records and competing for the state title. He learned that with persistence and dedication he could overcome anything. It stuck.

Tellman worked his way through college by selling home-made salsa from his dorm-room. After focusing on the narrow field of Altered States of Awareness, Brain Waves, and Peak Performance at Marlboro College, Tellman launched a series of 5 different businesses that all struggled and eventually closed. Along the way Tellman learned valuable insight.

Tellman’s success came when he set out to market his products on-line. He relentlessly pursued experts in the field of internet direct marketing and acquired an advanced skill set and insight that proved to be marketable. He launched “Listcrusade” that was his successful attempt to develop an email list of 1 million people and established Tellman as a successful on-line marketer. Now companies and individuals pay Tellman to provide consulting and insight for their web-based direct marketing campaigns.

Tellman is now CEO of overcomeeverything.com and several other internet direct response marketing companies. He is still highly ADHD, but thrives on the challenge of solving multiple problems and starting new ventures.

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