It starts with a clear sense of why. Then growth arrives, operations take over, and pressure starts making decisions that purpose used to make. The mission that inspired everything quietly gets replaced by whatever is loudest in the room.

The hard part is that it never happens all at once. It happens one practical decision at a time, one shortcut, one compromise, one urgent opportunity, until eventually you're highly efficient at doing things you never intended to do.

Growth without alignment isn't progress. It's drift. And this one goes straight at what it actually takes to find your way back.

Ken Miller had already lost everything before he ever thought about building a business.

Ken spent 20 years homeless, went to prison three times, and clawed his way out of a drug addiction before he ever thought about building a business. What he built on the other side isn't just a success story. It's a system for how to face fear, let go of the wrong things, and actually move forward when everything in you wants to freeze.

Hear how Ken turned chaos into courage and why it matters if you are building something of your own.

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An entrepreneur and advocate uses her platform to encourage women and young people in the trades.

Laura Biggerstaff had been working in sales and marketing for decades when a significant life change helped her realize it was time to create a business of her own. 

You know how that goes.

A chance meeting at a networking event led her to her niche: a company that provides safety apparel and personal protective equipment for people – especially women – of all body types who work in the trades.  

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