Stephen ScogginsFounder - CEO, Lion - Lamb Solutions · Founder CEO Unstoppable Solutions

“Don’t Miss Leo’s Games” - His Dads Dying Words #shorts

5 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Stephen Scoggins. This content was uploaded by Stephen Scoggins. This is a YouTube short titled “Don’t Miss Leo’s Games” - His Dads Dying Words (created 2026-08-05) featuring George Riviera, introduced by Stephen Scoggins. The clip is a brief, personal talk in which George recounts his father’s 2015 cancer diagnosis and deathbed request to attend his grandson Leo’s games, reflects on having inadvertently trained his child to ignore him, and contrasts “scaling freedom” with “scaling chaos,” admitting he nearly lost his family while building a large business. The content centers on fatherhood, regret, and work–life balance.

I don't think at my funeral anybody's going to be talking about George's 2026 P&L.
He is the founder of Founder Dads Dinners. Guys, please help me welcome the one and only George Riviera.
My dad was diagnosed with cancer early in 2015 and it came out of the blue. I mean, he was 67 years old, not a spring chicken, but not ancient history either. And 2 weeks before he passed away, like a deathbed confession, deathbed statement, he says, don't miss Leo's games. I missed too many of yours. When Leo was 3, I was actually training him to ignore me. It's like, I go to Dad, I get nothing, so I'm just going to go over here and get something from somewhere else. And I think a lot of people will see that as, oh, my kid's just going through a phase and just kind of like let it go, let it be. But in reality, it's like we train them to ignore us, that they can't depend on us when they need us, you know? And I have this saying that you're either scaling freedom or you're scaling chaos. And for far too long, I scaled chaos. And I mean, I almost lost my family in the process of building a multiple 9-figure business. Just thinking about that, it's like, yeah, there's a lot of design flaws in my business that I've survived to be able to tell others.