"Anyone can start a business. Anyone can make money by doing what they love. My entrepreneurial muscle was activated by circumstance. My father died when I was 15: a sudden heart attack. One second he was there, the next he was gone. Then my mum and I argued - she said, "Get out of my house," and I took her at her word. I never went back."
"kick-started the journey that would lead to the creation of YouTube's most-watched business video: "30 years of business knowledge in 2hr 26mins." (15M views to date) More than 18 million social media followers now watch Squibb hand cash to strangers in the street if he likes their business idea. He also bought a staircase in London with a doorbell for people to "pitch their dreams," and now has a similar doorbell in New York, which he runs with Sir Richard Branson."
"I was homeless for eight weeks; on the streets, friends' sofas, in a stairwell. Without a National Insurance [UK Government ID card], I couldn't get a job. I realized my only option was to create my own. I saw a big house with a messy garden, and knocked on the door. I had no equipment and had never done gardening, but quoted them £200 a month [about $400 USD back then] to do it up, and they agreed."
Simon Squibb was kicked out of his family home at 15 and spent eight weeks homeless before launching a gardening business to survive. That venture grew into multiple enterprises and seeded a global personal brand that produced a YouTube video with 15 million views. More than 18 million social followers watch him fund entrepreneurs on the street and pitch ideas via doorbell installations in London and New York, the latter run with Sir Richard Branson. Squibb has built 19 businesses, invested in over 80, rejects traditional school education, calls himself a "professional talker," and intends to give away his wealth rather than leave it to his son.
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