You know they always say you learn so much as a student but you really don't truly learn until you become a teacher.

Yes.

Because you recognize your blind spots, you recognize your inadequacies, and you become a better leader. Hey friends and welcome to another episode of the Empire show this is Beatriz Kulin, and we are filming with my man Sean Thomas, an inside look.

And Sean Thomas is the founder of Ask a Millionaire, over a million followers on Instagram,

and today he's our guest. he's built and sold a company and I'm

fascinated by that and I bet you are too if you're building an empire so

Sean welcome to the studio. Good to be here man. Likewise, likewise,

thanks for coming.

Hey, so tell us about the company that you built and sold and kind of how it all started.

So in 1999 I was selling insurance and I was at this cigar shop and in walks this guy now to set the tone of the guy

You know the point was I always want to make a lot of money. We'll get to that but I meet this guy in a cigar shop in Memphis, Tennessee where I was living and I was selling insurance.

And imagine a pit boss from the 70s.

In your mind, the used car salesman cliche so the short stocky

east coast slick back hair mustache cheap suit five foot seven yes and fast talker and he says hey Sean you know what

do you do for a living I said well I sell insurance he says do you like it

and I said it's all right and he says how would you like to make 245,820 a year?

And I said 245,820 and he says yeah and I said who wouldn't?

So this was back in the dial-up stages.

So I'll lead to how we got into the business,

but it's important to tell the background,

because that's what we want to learn is how do we actually

start businesses?

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