I cleaned offices before sunrise, served coffee by noon, and studied business until my eyes burned at night. I slept in rented rooms, wore secondhand coats, and learned how quickly pride becomes useless when rent is due.
But every insult became fuel.
I learned markets. Contracts. Acquisitions. Crisis strategy. Reputation repair. The hidden machinery behind powerful families and polished companies.
Slowly, people began paying attention.
Not to my face.
To my results.
I built Aureon Consulting from a borrowed laptop and a hunger no one in my family had ever understood. We rescued failing companies, exposed weak partnerships, and rebuilt brands that were rotting beneath their shine.
