In this brief interview excerpt, the host (Speaker A) approaches a business owner (Speaker B) to propose creating a founder story. The conversation establishes the participant’s identity as a business owner and sets the premise for a deeper interview about their entrepreneurial journey.
Excuse me. Hi. Are you a business owner?
Yeah, I am, actually.
Amazing. So I'm actually interviewing business owners because I would love to do a founder story for you.
I wasn't ready for this, but let's do it. I'm JP. I'm a motivational speaker, and this is my founder story. So I grew a food channel in 2013 to 2023, and during that time I had the highest high of my life. I was doing it, you know, I made it. I had over probably 7 million followers across all platforms, and I got comfortable. I think I got complacent, lazy. I lost the drive without me even knowing. In a blink of an eye, it was all gone. I lost my house, I lost my job, my relationship. We were a power couple. The channel was not a food channel. The channel was a relationship channel. It was our dynamic. It was our love for each other on camera. And the minute that love went away, the The audience can see it before we even saw it. I had to leave. Definitely the lowest part of my life. I wanted to do something different. I need to like find myself again. And through that, I really got inspired and motivated to discover who I am as an artist or as a comedian or as a speaker or who I am as a person. So despite all that has happened, I really found where I've been completely fulfilled with my next steps with motivational speaking, speaking to students, speaking to colleges, corporate events about my journey has really fulfilled me and how I can feel like I can make a difference for other people that are kind of going through similar struggles and seeing where they can find their voice too. This is my journey, and I would love to be a part of yours.
Sometimes a closed door is not rejection, it is redirection. #business #growth #rapidgrowth
