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I’m 27 with 3 businesses and no home. Here’s how I got here: Age 0-15: Spent early life growing up in a hippie commune. Raised by an incredible single mother who wore both hats. Gave everything to support me. Overly shy and didn’t speak much. Seen as a problem by a teacher who suggested there was something wrong with me. Age 16: First job stacking supermarket shelves. Completed high school with bang-average grades. Started sixth form college. Age 17: Quit sixth form college after 3 months due to illness. Doctor said I was 24 hours away from dying. Spent my 17th birthday in hospital, tubes everywhere. Became an apprentice at a print marketing agency. Learnt my way around Adobe’s design suite. Started doing bits of design work on the side. Age 18-19: Discovered search marketing to help get more clients for the print marketing agency. Became obsessed with SEO. Spent my free time messing around with the websites I built. Age 20: Wanted to take marketing more seriously. Quit my job to start a marketing degree. Quit after 2 weeks. Started an apprenticeship at an SEO agency where I managed 25 clients and attended college part-time. Quit after 9 months. Realised traditional education sucks. I learnt 100x more (and quicker) through self-education. Went all-in on learning and building whilst living at home with my mum and 2 young siblings. £0 income. Age 21: Got my first 2 freelancing clients on Upwork. They referred me to other clients. Built a 6-figure business by the end of the year. Age 22-23: Started a podcast side project and quickly reached 300,000 listeners per month. Sold it for 5 figures. Bought and sold 5 websites. Maxed out my freelancing capacity. Age 24: Founded Content Growth and built a team to help companies turn their blog into a 7-figure sales channel. Started posting on LinkedIn. Grew revenue by over 200% in 6 months. Age 25: Co-founded Byword and launched a platform to help marketers generate articles at scale for SEO. Sold my belongings, moved out of London and started travelling the world. Merged Content Growth with Contact Studios to take the SEO agency to the next level. Helped my mum quit her 15-year corporate job. Age 26: Lived out of a suitcase and travelled around 16 countries. Grown the userbase of my SaaS tools to over 130,000. Helped multiple unicorn companies scale their SEO with our 25-person team at Contact. Age 27: Continuing to levelling up, exploring, following my curiosities, collaborating with great people, and helping family and friends along the way.