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From coaching to cars. That’s the career path of Mike Cochran, the former Southern Nazarene University head football coach and new Christian Brothers Automotive franchisee.

For the first time in 23 years, Cochran did not spend his late summer on a football field.

“I first heard about Christian Brothers Automotive back in 2002, when a friend of mine from Olathe, Kansas, recommended their services to me,” Cochran told the university's news site, The Echo. “In 2008, the franchise reached out to encourage me to become a part of their team.”

Early this year, Mike began to seriously consider joining the franchise as his next business venture.

“I was approached in April about buying this location,” said Cochran. “I started to pray about the opportunity, and God revealed to me that it was the right thing to do. It was a difficult decision because I had to network to find the correct people to hire.”

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Nick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.

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