Charles Funke is the CEO of ASEA, a cellular health company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah that distributes unique products in 25 markets worldwide. In just 5 years, ASEA has grown from a local Utah company to a global organization operating in 25 countries with 13 languages supported from their Salt Lake City offices. Funke attributes their success to attracting highly talented people, including those from large Fortune 500 companies. He emphasizes that success comes from diligent effort and hard work. ASEA continues to see wide open potential for growth in their existing markets as well as opportunities to expand into new global markets and products.

1. ASEA REVIEWS – CHARLES FUNKE
Fast 50 – Reviews ASEA and Charles Funke

3. I’M CHUCK FUNKE I AM THE CEO
OF ASEA WE’RE HEADQUARTERED
HERE IN SALT LAKE CITY. WE ARE A
CELLULAR HEALTH COMPANY THAT
DISTRIBUTES TO HER UNIQUE
PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT 25
MARKETS THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD SINCE OUR COMPANY’S
INCEPTION. WE’VE BEEN VERY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE VERY
SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY GROWTH
FROM.

5. JUST IN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW
FROM A COMPANY HERE AND START IN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TO A
GLOBAL ORGANIZATION WHERE WE OPERATE IN 25 COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD SUPPORTING THIRTEEN DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES OUT OF OUR OFFICES HERE IN SALT LAKE CITY AND
WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE
THAT LEVEL OF GROWTH BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT ALSO
MAINTAIN IT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’VE BEEN VERY
FORTUNATE AS A COMPANY TO HAVE THE CALIBER OF TALENTED
PEOPLE THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT TO OUR
ORGANIZATION.

7. WE’RE BLESSED THAT WE ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT IN A MARKET HERE IN
UTAH THAT HAS INCREDIBLY TALENTED AND CAPABLE PEOPLE I’VE WORKED
IN VERY LARGE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PAST FOR 2 FORTUNE 500
COMPANIES IN THE PAST AND I’VE WORKED WITH VERY TALENTED PEOPLE
THAT I CAN SAY WITHOUT RESERVATION THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT AND BRING TO A CEO OR AS TALENTED AS
PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED ANYWHERE WITH. YOU AND I THINK THAT HAS
BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS REALLY ALLOWED US TO EXCEL AS AN
ORGANIZATION. YOU HAVE THREE PEOPLE WORKING ON OPPORTUNITIES
AND CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND THE
SOLUTIONS AND PEOPLE THAT YOU AND I THINK ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL
PHILOSOPHIES THAT HAS HELPED ME GROW AND DEVELOP PROFESSIONALLY
IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT AS A COMPANY CALLED THE
COMMON DENOMINATOR OF SUCCESS TERMS COIN YEARS AGO.

9. IT’S THE CONCEPT THAT THE COMMON DENOMINATOR
SUCCESSES IS DOING THINGS IN FORMING THE HABIT OF DOING
THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON’T LIKE TO DO AND I THINK THAT
ANY LEVEL OF SUCCESS IN ATTAINING LIFE COMES ONLY AFTER A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DILIGENT EFFORT AND HARD WORK
AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY CAN’T GET AWAY
FROM WHERE YOU CAN’T FIND A WAY AROUND IT I LOOK AT THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE IN OUR ORGANIZATION FROM A SALES
PERSPECTIVE WHO ARE VERY VERY SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS THEY
ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE THAT YOU YOU’LL
EVER MEET

11. I THINK THAT’S A FUNDAMENTAL CORE PRINCIPLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
EFFORT AND WORK AND RESULTS THE THING THAT’S MOST EXCITING TO US
AS AN ORGANIZATION IS THAT JUST OVER FIVE YEARS OLD THAT EVERY
MARKET THAT WE OPERATE IN IS STILL COMPLETELY WIDE OPEN FOR US IN
TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE NOT EXHAUSTED OUR MARKET
REGION ANY PLACE THAT WE DO BUSINESS AND FAR FROM THE OPPOSITE IS
ACTUALLY TRUE AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF THE WORLD
SOME OF THE LARGEST MARKETS FOR INDUSTRY FOR OUR COMPANY STILL
REMAIN TO BE TO BE OPENED WE DON’T TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT IN
A PUBLIC FORUM BUT WE’RE CONSTANTLY HAVE A VERY DEDICATED GROUP
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL MARKET
OPPORTUNITIES AND OF COURSE WE WOULD OF COURSE HAVE TO SAY
THAT WE’RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL PRODUCT OPPORTUNITIES THAT
WOULD FIT WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTS ARE TECHNOLOGY
COULD SUPPORT.