I grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. No connections. No rich parents. No roadmap. At 13 I borrowed $350 from my brother to buy a used computer — and turned it into a six-figure streaming career and a solo-negotiated Fortune 500 brand deal before I ever set foot in high school.
By 15 I was in management running gaming teams and working with major recording artists. By 16 I was COO of an NFL player's gaming organization, flying to Florida for business trips, and managing events. When that working relationship cooled off, I never burned the bridge. I kept the door open, stayed in his corner, stayed visible — and because of that, when he got traded to my city and needed a streaming setup for a major NFL gaming tournament, he called me. He pulled up to my house in a Hellcat. Streamed from my bedroom. I went to school the next day.
That pattern repeated at every level. A connection led to a rapper. The rapper led to an NFL player. The NFL player led to his marketing agent. The agent led to Microsoft campaigns, Radio Row, and a Super Bowl lanyard that said NFL Marketing Agent — at 19 years old.
None of it was luck. Every move was deliberate. I always had something real to bring to the table. I always delivered when it counted. I never burned a bridge even when I had every right to. And I never chased anyone — I stayed visible, stayed resourceful, and let them come to me when they needed me.
They always did. This course is exactly how.