About Kevin Hagen
About Kevin Hagen
Entrepreneur. Strategist. Relationship builder. Business Success Partner.
Kevin Hagen is an entrepreneur, strategist, relationship builder, and multidisciplinary business success partner whose professional experience spans business ownership, law, compliance, finance, marketing, media, professional sports, operations, partnerships, and executive initiatives.
Rather than approaching opportunities through a single discipline, Kevin brings together strategy, relationships, creativity, negotiation, engagement, judgment, and execution. His career has placed him alongside entrepreneurs, executives, athletes, brands, media organizations, nonprofit leaders, and businesses operating across diverse industries.
That breadth shapes Kevin's approach today: understand the opportunity, connect the right people and ideas, develop a practical path forward, and help make it happen.
How Kevin Works
Make Things Happen
Some professionals specialize in analysis. Others specialize in introductions, marketing, negotiating, organizing, or execution. Kevin's career has required all of those disciplines, often on the same opportunity, often at the same time.
His value comes from understanding how the pieces connect — how a relationship can unlock a deal, how a deal can require a creative structure, and how a creative structure still has to be executed, documented, and delivered.
Sometimes success requires strategy. Sometimes it requires a relationship. Sometimes it requires a creative solution. And sometimes it simply requires someone willing to take ownership of an initiative and move it forward.
Philosophy
More Than One Angle
Business success rarely comes from one discipline alone. A single opportunity may involve strategy, relationships, marketing, operations, negotiations, contracts, finance, compliance, communication, timing, and execution. Kevin's career has crossed all of these areas, giving him the ability to look at opportunities from more than one angle.
The objective is not simply to advise. It is to help create momentum.
Background
Education & Credentials
Juris Doctor
Nova Southeastern University
Legal education underpinning Kevin's approach to contracts, negotiations, compliance, and risk across every discipline he touches.
Bachelor of Science
University of Florida
College of Journalism and Communications, Advertising. Graduated with Honors — the foundation of Kevin's marketing and media perspective.
Additional Education & Training
Ongoing
A Justice Certification from Harvard University (a certification, not a degree), SafeSport training, Food Protection Manager Certification, and ongoing AI-related professional training.
Beyond Business
Success Means More Than Business
Kevin is a husband, father, entrepreneur, professional, and longtime member of the South Florida community. Alongside his professional work is an ongoing commitment to family, relationships, charitable service, and helping others.
Over the years, Kevin has given his time, professional knowledge, advice, and support to individuals and organizations — often simply because someone needed help, guidance, or direction.
Kevin believes relationships matter and that success has greater meaning when experience, knowledge, relationships, and opportunity can also be used to help others.
Giving Back
A Commitment to Community
Kevin has been involved in board and volunteer service associated with organizations including the American Cancer Society, Down Syndrome Awareness Group, and Blooming with Autism.
His broader community involvement has included charitable programs, toy drives, food distributions, blood drives, youth programs, athletic programs, nonprofits, community events, volunteer assistance, and pro bono support.
Kevin has also contributed time and service to religious and congregational organizations throughout South Florida as part of his broader commitment to community involvement.
Kevin has consistently been drawn toward opportunities to help people — even individuals he may not previously know and may never meet again.
Relationships matter. People matter. Helping matters.
Trust & Connection
Leadership Through Relationships
Kevin has worked alongside entrepreneurs, executives, business owners, professional athletes, lawyers, marketers, media professionals, nonprofit leaders, sponsors, families, students, community organizations, and volunteers.
People want to work with people they trust. Kevin believes trust is built over time through communication, reliability, discretion, loyalty, hard work, and doing what you say you are going to do.
That is the foundation of what it means to be a Business Success Partner: showing up consistently, understanding the people involved, and helping move things forward the right way.
Writing
Books & Publishing
Kevin Hagen also writes and publishes under the pen name Kevin Lawrence, extending his experience and perspective into books covering practical topics related to business, law, personal growth, and other areas.
Start a Conversation
What Are You Trying to Make Happen?
A new business. A strategic partnership. A sponsorship. A deal. A relationship. A brand opportunity. A growth initiative. An event. A creative idea. A complex situation that needs a different perspective.
Sometimes the next step begins with the right conversation.
Strategy • Connections • Creative Solutions • Execution