Started nearly $2,000 negative.
Stayed anyway.
School didn't work.
Reading did.
Traditional school never clicked — so I read 200+ books instead.
I tried to game it, treat it like a business — felt lost most of the time. So I started reading instead. Over 200 books across high school and the years that followed: sales, business, psychology, real estate, investing. Not because anyone told me to. Because it was the only education that ever made sense. The reading wasn't the achievement — it was the fuel for everything that came after.
New city. New industry.
Nearly $2,000 negative.
First month door-knocking, I went nearly $2,000 negative. I stayed.
Took a door-to-door sales job in a new city. An industry I knew nothing about. Most people would have quit. I stayed in it. Two years across multiple companies — eight hours a day, six days a week. Knocked on over 10,000+ doors. Always the top closer. Some of it was natural talent. Most of it was reps.
Ten employees.
It failed.
A company with ten employees failed — and taught me more than any win.
Started a window cleaning company with a partner. Ten employees. It failed. We shut it down. Went back to the doors. Did it better the second time. The failure taught me more than the wins ever did — about operations, about partnership, about what a real business actually requires.
$1M in six months.
$3.5M in twelve.
$1M in six months. $3.5M in twelve. Approaching $4M now.
Founded Demolition Dent — a paintless dent repair operation built around hail damage insurance claims. The business runs on AI-backed insurance workflows, valet pickup, and a sales culture that punches above its size. 48-hour turnaround in an industry where two weeks is the norm. Three states — Denver HQ, Oklahoma City, and Dallas.