"I lost everything in 2007 at the start of the recession. I was just 23 years old and suddenly homeless. First, I lost my job overnight. With no income, I struggled to find a new apartment - just a few days after moving out of my old one. I was left with nothing but my car and a few boxes."
"Luckily, my girlfriend at the time had a relative who had converted their toolshed into a home. The temporary shelter was a tiny space: rough, bare, and humbling. I remember asking myself one morning as I stood emptying the portable toilet: "What has my life become?" I felt like I had failed, but I was actually just starting out. The toolshed was barely livable, but I made it work."
"I learned to value every dollar and make it count, to trade my skills for services, to ask for help without shame, and to treasure creativity over capital. Eventually, when I started my first e-commerce business years later, I did not have startup capital or any investor promising to invest. I had something more valuable: The knowledge and ability to build from scratch. It was me transferring the experience I got during the bottom rock season of my life into my business."
A 23-year-old lost a job at the start of the 2007 recession and became homeless, living in a converted toolshed provided by a relative. The shelter was tiny, rough, and humbling, with carpeting, vinyl walls, a mattress, and a portable toilet. The person survived in the shed for about a year while searching for work and eventually found a full-time sales job. During that period, the person learned to value every dollar, trade skills for services, ask for help without shame, and prioritize creativity over capital. Those lessons replaced startup funding and enabled launching an e-commerce business built from scratch.
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