From Homeless Teen to Million-Dollar Success: My Entrepreneur Journey
At 15, Simon Squibb’s dad died suddenly, leaving him homeless , out of school and unable to find work. Then, he had a brainwave that turned his life around . ‘I was so desperate to get out of this situation I was in,’ he tells . ‘I walked past a big house that had a really messy garden, and thought maybe they’d pay me to tidy it a bit. So I knocked on the door saying I had a gardening company (which I didn’t) and amazingly, the guy who answered was like “alright, how much?”. ‘I just picked a number out of thin air – £200 pounds a month. Then he shook my hand and that was my first ever deal. Suddenly I was a gardener with a gardening contract.’ Fast forward three decades and that same entrepreneurial mindset has made him a millionaire , with 19 companies under his belt alongside a bestselling book, What’s Your Dream? You may know Simon from social media , where his brand of gonzo-style angel investing has earned him an army of loyal fans (who he calls d...