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#2: My Story Pt. 2 - Business Failure, Overcoming Ego, The Day Impossible Became A Reality

Next Level Pros

Chris Lee

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7165 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Chris' story continued. Learn about his first big business failure, and what it took to go back and start working for someone else.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the founder podcast, where we explore the journeys of some of the most successful

0:10.5

and inspired entrepreneurs from around the world.

0:13.4

I'm your host, Chris Lee, a serial entrepreneur

0:16.7

with a passion for building and growing businesses.

0:19.7

Throughout my career, I founded multiple nine-figure businesses and learned a thing or two about what it takes to succeed in the world of business.

0:27.0

I want to share those lessons with you by searching out the coolest guests on planet Earth and have them share their own

0:34.3

incredible stories. But this podcast it's not just for entrepreneurs, it's for

0:39.4

anyone that's looking to be inspired by these stories of people who have overcome

0:43.2

incredible odds and create something truly remarkable. So join me on this

0:48.0

journey as we explore the fascinating world of entrepreneurship and meet the

0:52.4

founders that are shaping it today. Let's dive in.

0:58.4

Let's go. Welcome to episode number two.

1:03.3

I'm your host Chris Lee, and so we're gonna be jiving into

1:07.3

part two of my story.

1:09.8

And so as you guys remember,

1:12.2

so I kind of give you the background on the previous episode in which we talked about my upbringing and my schooling and just all the different things that ultimately led to me jumping full tilt into starting my first business.

1:26.2

So in 2008, great year to start a business, might I add?

1:31.3

Nah, I'm joking. But I was caught with the entrepreneur bug and I thought man, you know, I already know everything that I'm doing. This is the typical e-myth, right? The entrepreneur myth that like I am a high functioning technician really good

1:48.4

at sales I'm already doing everything that the owner is doing why don't I just go and do this on my own?

1:54.7

And so I was smitten, decided to drop out of school, I felt like I learned everything that

2:01.3

school had to teach me.

2:03.0

I was 24 years old on a Pike dream, just ready to go, ready to go and build my first business.

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