I built my first feature film at 19. No money. No film school. No excuses.
My father raised me with deliberate deprivation. No Nintendo. No sugar. No handouts. His philosophy: give him nothing material and he'll build everything.
He was right. I've built businesses in ten industries — film, radio, commercial real estate, tech, D2C, food, real estate, e-commerce. I've made seven figures. I've lost seven figures. I've watched the 2008 crash kill a bidding war on a film I'd spent years making. I've buried my twin brother. I've buried my father.
And I'm still building. Because one thing my dad installed in me at age five has held through every single chapter: Mentalízalo. See it before it exists. Act as if it's already yours. Go get it.
That's the system I teach now. It's why I'm here.
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