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I’m 26 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. 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 of Septicaemia. Spent my 17th birthday in hospital. 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 with clients from outreach. Age 18-19: Discovered search marketing to help get more clients for the print marketing agency. Became obsessed with SEO. Spent most of my free time messing around with 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: Scaling all my businesses past 100,000 total users and multiple 7 figures with an incredible team. My goal is to continue levelling up, exploring, following my curiosities, collaborating with great people, and helping family and friends along the way. Because I believe that's why we're on this planet.