You read that title right.

I get asked all the time how a kid who was once homeless on the streets of Los Angeles ended up building a company worth a hundred million dollars. This week I finally sit down and tell the whole story, start to finish, including the parts that were not pretty.

Here is the short version: I collected a thousand NOs. Bankers, investors, partners, people who looked at me and saw a hustle instead of a plan. What I learned is that the NOs are not the story. You only need one YES, and the work is staying in the game long enough to find it.

If you are building something right now and it feels like the doors keep closing, this hour is for you. I walk through the decisions, the mistakes, the relationships, and the one principle I would never trade away no matter how much money was on the table.

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