"From building tree forts to building communities for commerce."

That is how Richard Scully describes his professional journey from an 8 year old tree fort builder to Chamber

Nation CEO.

Fifty years after building his first tree fort Scully returned to the old tree and found that the boards were still nailed to the tree just as he left them. The bottom board can now be found in his office. The board shows numerous small nails that were not strong enough to hold the board to the tree, but this was all an eight-year-old could do. The board shows larger nails that came later to secure the platform. The significance of this board to Scully is that his penchant for building things has always been a primary part of his nature. Sometimes even a small nail can get things started, but more nails may be required to accomplish a goal.

Some executives have had a straight-line trajectory up the corporate ladder to the position of CEO, but many more have veered off the path, overcoming failures, economic trends, and a myriad of obstacles earning their positions the hard way.

Chamber Nation founder Richard Scully has overcome many obstacles in his journey He did this by building things. From building his first tree fort to building spec homes with his father to building businesses. This is the reason the board from his first building project, a tree fort, has special significance to him.

Scully was offered a position with a company that gave him direct access to Silicon Valley and the tech industry. His focus became the people logistics business. On the verge of implementing the first internet based Contingent Workforce management system, the company was pulled down by the internet frenzy and sales of $85 million dropped to zero for Scully in one day by selling to the wrong leadership.

Faced with a decision to either accept a job offer in New Hampshire or blow up his career and move to Quincy, California, where his family lived so that he would have help with his infant son from a previous marriage.

Scully sold his house and moved to Quincy, California, with his son. He went to work with his dad building spec houses. Sadly, Scully's father was killed in an automobile accident. Of all the hits Scully had experienced to this point, none could compare with losing his father.

He heard an interview on a local radio station (KNLF Radio) from the Chamber of Commerce. It was explained that the budget was too low for the chamber to operate efficiently. but it also made clear to Scully that chambers think of local commerce as a whole, but not as a means to promote each member's business individually.

Scully saw a need and had a plan to fill it. He began with only two small Chambers of Commerce, obtained funding, and leverage provided by a Chamber executive in Goodyear, Arizona, who said she would kill Scully if his program didn't work. But it did work.

Each Chamber of Commerce executive across the country who joined with Chamber Nation added a nail to the structure built by Chamber Nation founder and CEO, Richard Scully.