Miranda Johnson

Serial entrepreneur.
Teacher. Builder.
CEO of MiRAjO.

25+ years across construction, trucking, real estate, and technology — and every lesson from every one of them went into building what MiRAjO is today.

2x Published Author Licensed Real Estate Broker Director of Learning Development Techstars Mentor Certified Training Provider St. Petersburg, FL
Miranda Johnson
"Authenticity is the new blue check."
— Miranda Johnson
25+
Years in
entrepreneurship
$9.5M+
Combined gross revenue
across companies
5
Industries: construction,
trucking, real estate, finance, tech
2x
Published author,
courses + coaching
The Background

Built businesses before the playbook existed.

Miranda Johnson started her first company at 20 — a construction business that subcontracted for national builders like DR Horton and Ryland Homes, eventually reaching seven-figure gross revenue over seven years. She learned the trades, ran crews, managed contracts, and built systems in an industry that didn't come with a manual.

From construction, she moved into trucking — and built two companies over 15 years, including one specifically designed to bring women into an industry that had long excluded them. At its peak, her fleet had 20 trucks running nationwide with combined gross revenue exceeding $8.5 million.

Concurrent with trucking, she earned her Florida Real Estate Broker license and worked across commercial and residential transactions — adding another layer to what had become a career built on knowing how systems, markets, and people actually work.

What ran through all of it: technology. Miranda layered tech and systems into every business she built, long before most operators understood why they needed to. That instinct — to see where a system could make a business faster, more durable, or more scalable — is the foundation of everything MiRAjO has become.

MiRAjO Collective exists because Miranda spent two decades watching the same pattern: capable people — entrepreneurs, operators, business owners — who had the drive and the skills but were missing frameworks, tools, and honest education that fit the way their actual lives worked.

The programs most people could afford were too thin to be useful. The programs that were actually good cost more than most small business owners could spend on a consultant. Miranda built the middle: rigorous, practical, and priced for the people who need it most.

The Hub, 25 Days and 25 Nights, Couples in Entrepreneurship, and Money Moves aren't generic content. They're built from real experience — from what actually worked in the field, what failed, and what it took to recover.

The framework underneath all of it is The Pain Principle: the idea that every difficult experience is not a detour but a resource. That clarity doesn't come in spite of hard seasons — it comes through them.

Why MiRAjO

Built for the entrepreneur who is already doing the work.

Leadership & Affiliations

Active where it counts.

InGate Consulting
InGate Consulting
Director of Learning Development — building professional development curriculum and overseeing learning strategy for organizational clients.
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90 Day Side Hustle
90 Day Side Hustle
Co-Founder — A 90-day cohort program helping entrepreneurs turn existing skills into a functioning business. In-person and online format.
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Women Impact Network
Women Impact Network
COO — 16+ chapters across Tampa Bay, 20+ ambassadors. Advancing women-led economic development across the region.
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Tampa Business Club
Tampa Business Club
COO — 47,000+ Eventbrite following, one of Tampa Bay's largest business networking organizations.
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Tampa Bay Latin Chamber
Tampa Bay Latin Chamber
Events Chair — leading programming and events for one of the region's most active business chambers.
BŪP Innovation Weekend
BŪP Innovation Weekend
Mentor and Facilitator — supporting early-stage tech founders and innovators through the BŪP Innovation Hackathon Weekend.
Published Work

The frameworks behind the platform.

Published
The Pain Principle
The foundation of everything Miranda teaches: the framework that every difficult experience is not a detour but a resource. Nearly 30 years of living it, distilled into a guide for entrepreneurs who are ready to stop surviving their story and start building with it.
Published
LeadLoud: 11 Commandments of the Next-Gen Leader
Leadership isn't a title — it's a decision made every day. Eleven principles for the entrepreneur who leads a team, a family, or just themselves, and is done pretending that the soft stuff doesn't matter as much as the numbers.
Featured In
Voyage Tampa
Voyage Houston
Plastiq Magazine
Summerville Journal

You already have everything you need.

MiRAjO exists to show you how to use it. Start with the Hub — free access to courses, tools, and assessments built for every stage of the entrepreneurship journey.