#93: Make 6-Figures with Just Your Car - Daeron Myers
The Founder Podcast
Chris Lee
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to a new episode of the Founder Podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by Daeron Myers, whose early life in Baltimore’s tough neighborhoods involved illegal activities and facing numerous life-threatening challenges, And transforming his life and creating a thriving six-figure delivery business. Join us as Daeron shares how he leveraged his past experiences to escape the rat race and inspire others to do the same. This episode is not just a story of survival but a testament to the power of change and entrepreneurship.
Highlights:
"I realized I had to apply myself to something better. You know, I gotta do something different. I'm not just living for myself anymore."
"Hard work is the only work that pays off in the end."
"What I put in is what I get out. Now I'm in control of my own destiny."
Timestamps :
00:00 - Life's Harsh Lessons: Daeron talks about his friend's death and his own near-death experiences shaping his outlook.
02:37 - How a life-threatening injury led Daeron to reconsider his path.
07:11 - Family Ties to Crime
10:24 - The moment he decided to stop selling drugs and change his life.
21:19 - Reflecting on his hospitalization
28:35 - How Daeron shifted from crime to starting a legitimate business using his car.
34:46 - Daeron talks about expanding his delivery service and employing others.
39:45 - Daeron explains how he began mentoring others to start their own courier businesses.
44:13 - Daeron introduces his program to help others replicate his success.
46:23 - Final thoughts and advice from Daeron on entrepreneurship and making a positive change.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, going to jail was kind of like the good thing, right? |
| 0:02.6 | And then we talk about, you know, my best friend, I had to watch him get shot, right, |
| 0:06.8 | and see him take his last breath. |
| 0:08.5 | What went through your mind and like, did it change the trajectory or did you think, oh, this is just part of who I am and what I do? |
| 0:15.1 | It really didn't change the trajectory like it was kind of natural it was kind of that environment |
| 0:20.1 | it was like kill or be killed it happened so often that it just became natural. |
| 0:24.8 | We grew up in that environment where it was like, you know, no disrespect. I got to be tough. |
| 0:30.0 | I got to be hard. I can't let anybody get over on me. I can't let anybody disrespect me. |
| 0:34.7 | That's so excited to share with you Mr. de Ron Myers. |
| 0:38.4 | Dairon has an incredible story a background where he grew up in the hood was stabbed a drug dealer raised by |
| 0:47.6 | Drugy I mean do the guy has the craziest background in which he was able to go and shift it into going and building a |
| 0:57.3 | multiple multiple six-figure business that he is gone and he continues to teach people just like you how to get out of the |
| 1:05.2 | rat race how to really start that first initial hustle and it's something that |
| 1:10.4 | you already have available to you you already have the technology you already have the resources |
| 1:15.5 | de Ron is the man when it comes to diving in this stuff I'm super excited to share with you |
| 1:21.2 | this episode when I got stabbed and I had to spend five days in the hospital |
| 1:25.0 | and that was the first time, you know, because my life was fast. |
| 1:28.0 | It was sell drugs all day, party all night type day, right? |
| 1:31.0 | We clubbing, so I never sat down and actually talked to myself. |
| 1:34.8 | I did say I you know my heart stopped on the table and they had to bring me back. |
| 1:38.8 | I'm just happy to still be here and that that's like that was a turning point. |
| 1:42.4 | I was like you know what I got to do |
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