I’m proud of my clients’ success.

James is an excellent coach. When I was struggling with a decision on a potential career transition, James supported me every step of the way. He is extremely personable, has a good sense of humor, and was always reachable to answer any questions I had. No matter what choice I made, James was able to address helpful feedback and suggested perspectives I had not previously considered. One piece of feedback he gave that I will always remember is, “The word fear stands for false evidence appearing real,” which helped me to trust myself and enhance my confidence

Dayna Sammartino – United States

James was a great coach that helped me explore business ownership options at a time when my career was in flux. He put in the time to get to know me, my strengths, and my aspirations, all while creating a no pressure environment to explore new opportunities. He worked at my pace and respected my decisions and feedback along the way. Highly recommend James for all those looking to explore career ownership in the future.

Bailey Mannion – Boston, Massachusetts

James is an excellent coach and mentor who will take the time not only to understand you, but more importantly to help you to better understand yourself in ways that you can apply to your work style and goals. James helped to provide me with clarity and understanding, and provided a safe, no-pressure environment to explore career ownership paths.

Megan Kronberg – Savannah, Georgia

James is a terrific coach at The Entrepreneur’s Source. We worked together for several months, and during this time he provided personalized and strategic coaching as part of my transition from a long tenured career in SaaS/Tech corporate leadership. James conducted several tests that informed of my style, passion and skill sets. We worked through several options for the path forward. I so appreciated the time he invested, he’s truly empathetic and a master of the customer journey and working towards mutual success and personal and professional fulfillment.

Amanda Schmidt – Tullahoma, Tennessee

James is a pleasure to work with, he has a great style in the way he does things. Very open, transparent and methodical on how he helps you. Really appreciated his coaching in many ways.

Christian Goffi – Fort Lauderdale, Florida

I have to admit that when TES coach James Barette came into my world I had a healthy dose of skepticism. I guess I had a hard time wrapping my cynical mind around the TES process of someone mentoring me with absolutely no guarantee of anything for anyone.  Yet this is exactly what happened. James took me through a lengthy process of helping me learn about who I am (at this age), coupled with what I want to do, and am qualified to do. James was in no hurry here. We spent weeks working on all of this. And throughout, he was a friend, a mentor and a coach.  And at the end of the process, James found an option for me that has given me not only hope but also a newfound optimism about life. The only downside of working with James is that I don’t have him around to help with all other aspects of my life! I highly recommend James for anyone who is stuck and needs to find a way through to the next level.

Lee Hurley – Birmingham, Alabama

James and his Career Coaching services were invaluable to me at a pivotal time, and I strongly recommend his services no matter what point you are at in your professional lifecycle. Each step of our engagement was carefully thought out and purposeful, and it helped that James took the time and effort to comprehensively understand my situation. He does a great job creating a comfortable environment and cadence to make the process as smooth and as easy as possible.

Tanner Ward – Dallas, Texas

I highly recommend James and his services for all professionals that are seeking career coaching that fit their pace, schedule, and personality. James takes the time to really get to know about you and your goals and offers an easy yet effective approach to helping you find the clarity that you need to get to your desired level

Harsh Ajeda – Miami, Florida

“I started with just me and one truck, working out of my garage. I now have four employees, and I am in a commercial space. The earnings potential is pretty well limitless at this point. I am busy. I do have to spend time away from my family just as I did before. But now, if I want to stay home and cook my kids breakfast, I can. On nice sunny days, if I want to cut out early to take the kids swimming, I do. I don’t just have weekends to choose from anymore.”

BRANDEN BOWDEN, New Business Owner

“After working as an executive in the Detroit area, I found myself at a crossroads. At the age of 64, many people are looking to wind down; but I was starting a whole new adventure. I considered taking another shot at the day-to-day corporate grind. I tried to find another position, but my wife and I have always dreamed of owning our own business, so we began to examine the possibilities. That’s when I found The Entrepreneur’s Source®. I feel my coach has developed his communication skills which allow him to listen with true empathy and I completely trusted The Entrepreneur’s Source process. Now I feel I have personal value in my work. I am loving being a business owner and can see the impact it can have on others. The Entrepreneur’s Source has a great process to help you explore self-sufficiency.”

RICK WEAVER, New Business Owner

“I was traveling across the country working in corporate sales and one day I realized that I didn’t want to travel anymore! That’s when I began to think about owning my own business. I began working with my Career Ownership Coach who helped me begin my Journey of Discovery. For me, it was a great process. I was learning about what excited and motivated me, but also what didn’t! That was just as important. I am so happy I went on the “journey,” and was also happy to have my coach along with me. He was a very good listener. He was genuinely interested in my long-term success. and he challenged me to see some things I didn’t even see in myself.”

LEE PUTNAM, New Business Owner

“I had worked for 15 years in the world of corporate finance when I was forced to make a sudden exit. I had always thought to myself, I have this great corporate job, I’m on easy street. But I was really in the wrong place at the wrong time. I had no control over my own destiny. My Career Ownership Coach helped me take a close look at Franchising to achieve self-sufficiency.  Franchising was a better choice for me rather than starting a business from the ground up. I have a good sense of how things should run and customer service but I tend not to be strong on the sales side and frankly, I am not the stereotypical idea-man. A franchise is giving you the playbook, and you have a product. In my mind a lot of the basics have been built, you just need to follow the proven system. When friends are approaching those exit ramps in life, the first thing I tell them to do is to connect with a Career Ownership Coach at The Entrepreneur’s source.”

ANDREW BROWN, New Business Owner

“The first time I met with my coach, I didn’t think I would walk out with a popcorn stand…Throughout my career, I never once dreamed I’d be in the place I’m in now. I thank E-Source for helping guide me.”

BILL BENTZ, New Business Owner

“Being an entrepreneur was always an idea in my head, but to be honest, I thought when I got to the point in my life that I had a family, that that ship had sailed. My wife and I met with our Career Ownership Coach and found The Entrepreneur’s Source® to be a valuable tool throughout our discovery process. Now, as a business owner I have not only raised nearly $1 million dollars for schools in my community, but I work hard, and I get the flexibility to do what I want to do when I want to do it.”

MICHAEL SCROOPE, New Business Owner