Flop House Perspective

Sean Frank shares a story about his humble beginnings that shaped his willingness to take risks in business.

"I'm from a very poor, bad area where kids died of fentanyl overdoses. When I moved to LA, I lived in a flop house with 14 guys living in bunk beds. That experience made me not scared to go back to zero. I'm more willing to take risks because things were never that bad. I have the fortitude to not be so ego-tied to whatever I'm doing. If I have to be a waiter, we'll figure it out. If I have to pack boxes, I'm going to pack boxes.

There was a time when we were running the agency where we did not have a thousand dollars. My friend Connor's dad gave him a car - it was a 1997 Honda Civic that smelled, paint was peeling, windows didn't work. We would take it to meetings and have to park it behind buildings so people didn't see us get out of this junky car."