Most entrepreneurs spend 18 months building their first company. I built three seven-figure businesses in less time than it takes most founders to validate a single idea.
I recently spoke with Market Plans about my actual timeline from early failures to running multiple seven-figure operations. Not the sanitized LinkedIn version—the real story of what it takes to build momentum when conventional advice keeps you stuck.
Here’s what most people miss: my biggest failures weren’t about bad ideas. They were about following traditional startup wisdom. Eighteen-month development cycles. Singular focus. Raising capital before revenue. Every delay taught me that speed and volume matter more than perfection.
The breakthrough came when I stopped treating each business like it had to be “the one.” I launched Pabs Marketing, Alive DevOps, and Pabs Tech Solutions simultaneously. Not because I’m superhuman—because running multiple projects forces you to build systems instead of babysitting products. When you can’t micromanage everything, you automate or die.
My Division I golf background taught me something crucial: you can’t fix your swing mid-tournament. You execute with what you have and adjust between rounds. That translates directly to business. Launch in 90 days, learn fast, iterate. The market tells you what works faster than any focus group.
The meditation practice everyone thinks is “woo-woo”? That’s my competitive edge. When you’re managing distributed teams across time zones and making rapid decisions, clarity isn’t optional. It’s infrastructure.
If you’ve ever felt paralyzed by the pressure to get your first venture “perfect,” or wondered how some entrepreneurs seem to build multiple successful companies while others struggle with one, this timeline breakdown shows exactly how velocity compounds.
Read the full story on Market Plans to see the specific inflection points and tactical choices that changed everything.
The difference between struggling founders and successful ones isn’t talent—it’s learning velocity.