He dropped out of college at 19 and started a landscaping company with no money. No degree, no capital, no safety net. At 24 he owns the business and has built a second career as a real estate agent. His parents' divorce shaped him. He says it didn't define him.

Evan Webster is the owner of Active Landscape, serving Middle Tennessee, and a realtor with Exit Prime Realty, helping buyers and sellers through the biggest transaction of their lives. He's also Angela's son, and this is the first time they've had this conversation on the record.

Evan ran a lemonade stand at 7 and was mowing neighbors' yards by 12. He went to college because it was the expected path, left after a short stint against his father's advice, and went all in on the business with nothing in the bank. What followed was the part nobody posts about: the financial strain of keeping a young company alive, the months where the numbers didn't work, and the harder problem of finding employees who would show up and care the way he did.

In this episode: growing up in a divided home, the coaches who stepped in when it mattered, the brother he leaned on, what it actually costs to build a business from zero, how he moved into real estate, why he believes work ethic is learned rather than inherited, and the faith that kept him steady through all of it.

If you're a parent who pushed college, or a young adult with more drive than money, this one's for you. Send it to the person who needs to hear it.

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