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The most money Doug Hardman ever made was the worst period of his life, 52 weeks of travel, three to five flights a week, watching his kids grow up on his ex-wife's Facebook feed.

Doug graduated high school with a 1.2 GPA, has been CEO or founder of more than four companies, sold a fintech startup on March 10, 2020, three days before COVID destroyed the exact type of in-person spending business he'd just exited and has been bankrupt. He's currently running fractional consulting and a vintage t-shirt side business, and says it's the happiest chapter of his life. In this episode, Doug shares the one test that reveals whether something is your real business (it has nothing to do with market research), why the startup that went bankrupt instead of making hundreds of millions is one of his greatest successes, how to find the right person to take advice from using the same model he learned in 35 years of sobriety, and why real confidence comes from failing, not from studying people who already know the answer.

Connect with Doug Hardman:

• Website: https://mrdoug.com
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/mrdoug
• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/doughardman
• Faded Vibes (vintage t-shirt business): https://fadedvibes.com

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