Built successfuldropout.com and the Successful Dropout podcast as well as three brick and mortar businesses. One of people I interviewed on my podcast was the founder of a private equity firm and a high school dropout. He was impressed with the things I had built and a year later he offered me a position as CEO of one of their firm's portfolio companies. I sold one of my businesses, took the position and starting networking/providing value in that ecosystem. A year later I sold my last two businesses and I joined him as a founding executive at Acquira. Some of the traits that got me to this point have been: being a voracious/just-in-time learner, being very open and eager, being humble, living/working for something bigger than myself, being principle centered, and lots of hard work.
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