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Corporate America is intimidated by innovators, mom explained. Meanwhile, I turned 21. My business hit 180,000 in annual revenue, 65,000 in profit. I quit my day job to focus full-time. Found a fixer upper house for 140,000. Put down 20%, 28,000 I’d saved. Spent four months renovating it myself. YouTube tutorials. Sweat equity. 12-hour days of drywall and paint.
moved in 3 weeks ago. My parents came to see it once. “Must be nice to get lucky with timing,” Dad said, looking around. “Not congratulations.” Not, “We’re proud. Not how did you do this?” “Just luck. That was their explanation. And now they were suing me, claiming I’d stolen Tyler’s future.” I sat on my porch until the sun set.
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