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HELLO, MY NAME IS JOSHUA SMITH AND I OWN NRG-X LABS HERE IN SPRINGFIELD, MO.
NRG-X LABS IS A SPORT SUPPLEMENT COMPANY THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 2008 WITH A SIMPLE MOTTO: “MAKE SUPPLEMENTS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO USE - AND DON’T SKIMP ON QUALITY.”
BEFORE NRG-X LABS I WORKED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA’S OIL FIELDS. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY INTRESTED IN SPORT SUPPLEMENTS AND NUTRITION SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME TO START AN E-COMMERCE COMPANY TO SELL SPORT SUPPLEMENTS ONLINE – I JUMPED IN WITH BOTH FEET. I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT WEB SITES BUT AFTER READING MANY, MANY, MANY BOOK
S ON THE FLIGHT BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND ALASKA (IT’S A LONG FLIGHT THAT I MADE EVERY 3 WEEKS!) I BUILT MY FIRST WEB SITE AND STARTED TO SELL SPORT SUPPLEMENTS, BODYBUILDING ITEMS AND NUTRITION PRODUCTS.
IN JUST 4 SHORT YEARS THE “LITTLE” WEB SITE I BUILT BECAME THE “40TH FASTEST GROWING COMPANY IN THE RETAIL SECTOR IN THE US FOR 2007” PER INC. MAGAZINE. DURING THIS TIME INC. MAGAZINE ALSO NAMED ME AS ONE OF THEIR TOP CEO’S UNDER 30 FOR 2007.
WHILE BUILDING AND RUNNING THE WEB SITE THE ONE THING THAT BECAME GLARINGLY OBVIOUS WAS THE LACK OF INTEGRITY IN THE NUTRITION INDUSTRY. IT WAS COMMON PLACE TO HEAR OF ANOTHER CEO OR OWNER OF A SUPPLEMENT COMPANY GOING TO
JAIL OR HEARING ABOUT A SUPPLEMENT MANUFACTURER BEING SHUT DOWN BY THE FDA FOR PUTTING ILLEGAL ITMES IN THEIR FORMULAS. MOST OF THIS IS MASKED TO THE CONSUMER IN VAGUE TERMS SUCH AS: “WE ARE OUT OF STOCK" OR "WE’RE WAITING FOR THE 'NEW' FORMULA TO COME OUT.” WHEN IN FACT MANY TIMES IT WAS MUCH MORE SERIOUS!!
THESE ISSUES HAD TO STOP AND SO IN 2008 I STARTED NRG-X LABS WITH A SINGULAR PURPOSE: TO PROVE THAT GODLY PRINCIPLES COULD BE SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED TO A LARGELY CROOKED INDUSTRY.
IN 2009 I SOLD MY WEB SITE AND SAID GOODBYE TO MY FIRST COMPANY AND EMBRACED THE CHALLENGE OF
NRG-X LABS WITH MY FULL ATTENTION!
WE ARE A CHRISTIAN COMPANY AND BELIEVE THAT GOD IS IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. TO THAT END WE ONLY MAKE SUPPLEMENTS THAT GIVE HIM ALL THE GLORY IN THEIR LABEL CLAIMS, THEIR APPEARANCE AND THEIR PURITY!
WE BELIEVE IN THE BLESSING OF THE TITHER - THE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE OF GIVING 10% OF YOUR PROFIT TO THE LORD. MY LIFE LONG GOAL IS TO BECOME A “REVERSE” TITHING COMPANY AND INDIVIDUAL IN WHICH WE GIVE 90% TO THE LORD AND KEEP 10%. GREAT MEN LIKE R.G. LETOURNEAU, THE FATHER OF MODERN EARTHMOVING AND HENRY CROWELL, FOUNDER OF THE QUAKER OATS CO. BOTH GAVE MORE THEN THEY KEPT WITH THE LORD’S HELP AND WITH HIS HELP WE STRIVE TOWARD THAT END AS WELL.SIMPLY PUT – WE WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT SPORT SUPPLEMENT COMPANIES.
THEY CAN BE HONEST, UP-RIGHT AND ACTUALLY DO WHAT THEY SAY THE ARE GOING TO DO!
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BOTTOM LINE IS… EXCELLENCE IN NUTRITION – THAT’S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM NRG-X LABS!