The story
In 2019 I lost a company I'd spent years building. There were forces outside my control — but I was the one steering, and I made calls that left it fragile. Broke, facing lawsuits, my reputation gone, the most useful thing I did was stop blaming the storm and own the ship.
What I got wrong: I'd built a bet, not a system — something that only survived while conditions held. So I rebuilt around what I should have done from the start.
Everything I build now comes from that. The collapse wasn't bad luck I survived; it was the education that taught me to build things that don't break — and to own it when they do.