Let Me Reintroduce Myself | Ep 229

About this episode

Steve Coughran shares his personal journey of leaving home at 16 and starting a business, highlighting the challenges and lessons learned along the way.

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check Financial Intelligence Toolkit Steve does not talk about his personal life much. But when he does, the response is always the same: people reach out and say they could have written that story themselves. In this episode he steps back from the frameworks and the financials and shares where he actually came from. Growing up without a dad, leaving home at 16, starting a business out of his ...

People in this episode

Host: Steve Coughran

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• personal story
• financial health
• business growth
• overcoming adversity

Keywords

• financial health check
• entrepreneur
• business story
• personal growth
• starting a business

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