Who I am, in about a minute.
A hundred quid, a camera, and a useless film degree
I started a company called Profit Accumulator with about a hundred quid, a camera, and a film degree that was a complete waste of time. My competitor had the same product, a proven market, and a million pounds in the bank. I had one thing he couldn't copy: I was a real person telling my own true story on camera.
Fifty million dollars, completely invisible
That business did fifty million dollars in lifetime sales. And for most of that run, I had no public social profile at all. I had just built a small reputable presence in a niche I owned. I did not need to go viral or chase vanity metrics to succeed.
Sold the company. Kept the asset.
I sold the company for ten million pounds. The buyer got the software, the staff, and the subscribers. I kept the story, and no contract on earth could transfer that. Eighteen months later, that story had built half a million followers and a software waiting list of five thousand companies.