Stephen Scoggins went from dropping out of high school and living homeless to founding six companies that generated over nine figures in revenue. He talks about the limiting belief that he wasn't enough, the leadership gaps he had to fix, and what he learned scaling a business to $15M.
Most people don't actually do the work to uncover the root of where the limiting belief comes from. I knew my leadership wasn't great. No one trained me how to use finances. No one trained me how to lead people. No one trained me how to scale anything. And I was terrified my people were going to find out. By that time, I was a. We were a top line 15 million dollar company, which is a big deal for a homeless kid. All of that stuff came from the limiting belief of I don't want you to find out how scared to death I am that I'm not enough.
Hi, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the 2%, where we have amazing conversations with peak performers from all walks of life to help decode excellence so that you can hopefully pick up some strategies, tools, tips and techniques that you can use to close that gap between your current and best life. And I am super thrilled to have as a guest on the show today, Stephen Scoggins. Welcome, Stephen.
What is up, my brother, man? Dude, it's so good to see you again. I loved our show that we did and I've been like itching to get back on camera with you, man. For sure.
Yeah, likewise. Yeah, we had a great conversation, what, like two months ago or something and.
Absolutely. And you know, I'm still, I'm still. I've got the. Your book here. It's become a. It's become actual reading for my team.
Oh, nice. All right, well, that's certainly a recommendation. And you've done quite a lot right as well. You're founder and CEO of over six companies.
Tell us a bit about those companies.
Yeah, so all the companies that I have range from existing flagship businesses that have been in business for over 20 plus years to early startups. I'm a serial entrepreneur, so I can't help myself. When I get bored, I just create a new business. Well, not really, but it kind of feels that way some days. And it's been an interesting journey. Obviously started with very humble beginnings. Earliest onset was actually being homeless and kind of have managed to kind of go from that to, you know, owning six businesses, generating well over nine figures in revenue, top line. And, you know, so it's. I'm a person of faith, so let's just say God's been good to me and as I've been trying to figure my own life out and stuff like that. So hopefully I can add some value today.
Awesome. So I actually wasn't aware of the homeless piece. I mean, that's interesting. That's not something you hear every day. You don't you Typically homeless and nearly nine figures in revenue. Help us connect the dots there. What happened there?
Yeah.
